Annie Dillard Quotes

In Highland New Guinea, Now Popua New Guinea, A British District Officer Named James Taylor Contacted A Mountain Village, Above Three Thousand Feet, Whose Tribe Had Never Seen Any Trace Of The Outside World. It Was The 1930s. He Described The Courage Of One Villager. One Day, On The Airstrip Hacked From The Mountains Near His Village, This Man Cut Vines And Lashed Himself To The Fuselage Of Taylor's Airplane Shortly Before It Took Off. He Explained Calmly To His Loved Ones That, No Matter What Happened To Him, He Had To See Where It Came From.

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