It is absurd for a man to kill an elephant. It is not brutal, it is not heroic, and certainly it is not easy; it is just one of those preposterous things that men do like putting a dam across a great river, one tenth of whose volume could engulf the whole of mankind without disturbing the domestic life of a single catfish.

A lovely horse is always an experience.... It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words.

A map says to you. Read me carefully, follow me closely, doubt me not... I am the earth in the palm of your hand.

A word grows to a thought – a thought to an idea – an idea to an act. The change is slow, and the Present is a sluggish traveler loafing in the path Tomorrow wants to take.

To an eagle or to an owl or to a rabbit, man must seem a masterful and yet a forlorn animal; he has but two friends. In his almost universal unpopularity he points out, with pride, that these two are the dog and the horse. He believes, with an innocence peculiar to himself, that they are equally proud of this alleged confraternity. He says, 'Look at my two noble friends -- they are dumb, but they are loyal.' I have for years suspected that they are only tolerant.

That's what makes death so hard--unsatisfied curiosity

Conformation ... but not much else. Breeding, but too small a heart. You saw it everywhere - in men, in horses, and in women.