Roosters: The cry of the male chicken is the most barbaric yawp in all of nature.

The death penalty would be even more effective, as a deterrent, if we executed a few innocent people more often.

What draws us into the desert is the search for something intimate in the remote.

Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination.

Baseball is a slow, sluggish game, with frequent and trivial interruptions, offering the spectator many opportunities to reflect at leisure upon the situation on the field: This is what a fan loves most about the game

We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to go there. We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope.

I want my body to help fertilize the growth of a cactus or cliff rose or sagebrush or tree.