The Vision Quest is a time to focus on personal questions and to wait in silence for answers to come in the form of signs from nature. Nature is perhaps the most powerful purveyor of signs, but modern people living in cities no longer feel that immediate connection with the earth and many have lost the ability to listen to the signs in nature. The Vision Quest is a powerful way in which today's urban people can reclaim that sense of wonder and connection to the earth. It is an act of power that can change one's life forever.
— Denise Linn, The Secret Language of Signs