Every animal that walks the earth, or swims, or flies is precious beyond description, something so rare and wonderful that it equals the stars or the ocean or the mind of man.

Many people who want to be writers don't really want to be writers. They want to have been writers. They wish they had a book in print.

Never forget, son, when you represent Texas, always go first class.

There are no insoluble problems. Only time-consuming ones.

About a billion years ago, long before the continents had separated to define the ancient oceans, or their own outlines had been determined, a small protuberance jutted out from the northwest corner of what would later become North America.

I've spent my life trying to be better than I was, and I am a brother to all who share the same aspiration.

The chief character in this narrative is the Caribbean Sea, one of the world's most alluring bodies of water, a rare gem among the oceans, defined by the islands that form a chain of lovely jewels to the north and east