Johnston's books are beautifully written and among the funniest I have ever read.

You can serve or you can sing, and wreck your heart in prayer, working the world's hard work.

You search, you break your heart, your back, your brain, and then-and only then-it is handed to you.

The creatures I seek do not want to be seen.

People who take photographs during their whole vacation won't remember their vacation. They'll only remember what photographs they took.

Caring passionately about something isn't against nature, and it isn't against human nature. It's what we're here to do.

I cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam.