Only a fool is astonished by the foolishness of mankind.

The extreme clarity of the desert light is equaled by the extreme individuation of desert life forms. Love flowers best in openness and freedom.

Most of what we call the classics of world literature suggest artifacts in a wax museum. We have to hire and pay professors to get them read and talked about.

If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness.

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

Let us praise the noble turkey vulture: No one envies him; he harms nobody; and he contemplates our little world from a most serene and noble height.

There are circumstances in which suicide presents a viable option; a workable alternative; the only sensible solution.