When a man must be afraid to drink freely from his country's river and streams that country is no longer fit to live in.

Henry James was our master of periphrasis -- the fine art of saying as little as possible in the greatest number of words.

The basic science is not physics or mathematics but biology -- the study of life. We must learn to think both logically and bio-logically.

Most new books drop immediately into the oblivion they so richly deserve.

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.

A pretty girl can do no wrong.

Phoenix, Arizona: an oasis of ugliness in the midst of a beautiful wasteland.