Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country.

The domination of nature leads to the domination of human nature.

The most striking thing about the rich is the gracious democracy of their manners -- and the crude vulgarity of their way of life.

Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.

We know so very little about this strange planet we live on, this haunted world where all answers lead only to more mystery.

The moral duty of the free writer is to begin his work at home: to be a critic of his own community, his own country, his own government, his own culture. The more freedom the writer possesses, the greater the moral obligation to play the role of critic.

Within minutes my 115-mile walk through the desert hills becomes a thing apart, a disjunct reality on the far side of a bottomless abyss, immediately beyond physical recollection.But it's all still there in my heart and soul. The walk, the hills, the sky, the solitary pain and pleasure-they will grow larger, sweeter, lovelier in the days to come, like a treasure found and then, voluntarily, surrendered. Returned to the mountains with my blessing. It leaves a golden glowing on the mind.