“ The price they paid for the way they chose to articulate their spiritual and political ideas was an island world which came to be, in many ways, but a shadow of its former natural self. ” — Easter Island — Archaeology, Ecology, and Culture.
” Akibat cara yang mereka pilih dalam mengekspresikan gagasan spiritual dan politiknya, suatu dunia pulau, dalam banyak segi, akhirnya menjadi sekadar bayangan keberadaan alaminya di masa lampau. ” ​ — Easter Island ​ — Archaeology, Ecology, and Culture.