I am pleased enough with the surfaces - in fact they alone seem to me to be of much importance. Such things for example as the grasp of a child's hand in your own, the flavor of an apple, the embrace of a friend or lover, the silk of a girl's thigh, the sunlight on the rock and leaves, the feel of music, the bark of a tree, the abrasion of granite and sand, the plunge of clear water into a pool, the face of the wind - what else is there? What else do we need?

A society that feels itself too poor to afford the preservation of wilderness is not worthy of the name civilization.

It may be true that there are no atheists in foxholes. But you don't find many Christians there, either. Or, about as many of one as the other.

How long does it take to write a good book? All of the years that you've lived.

By the age of forty, a man is responsible for his face. And his fate.

In a nation of sheep, one brave man forms a majority.

Tee Vee football: one team wins, one team loses -- they tie -- who cares? And why?