The story [Henny-Penny] has the best opening in all literature-"The sky is falling," cried Henny-Penny, "and a piece of it fell on my tail.

It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.

In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.

For every man in the world functions to the best of his ability, and no one does less than his best, no matter what he may think about it.

Change was everywhere. People were gone, or changed, and that was almost like being gone.

When you're huntin' somepin you're a hunter, an' you're strong. Can't nobody beat a hunter. But when you get hunted - that's different. Somepin happens to you. You ain't strong: maybe you're fierce, but you ain't strong." - Muley

Only through immitation do we develop toward originality.