A false vision was better than none.

There was nothing so real on the prairie as winter, nothing so memorable.

Listen - man is a child of Nature. When he turns against his mother - he's done! He may not find out about it right away, but he will.

God, what pathetic creatures had inherited the earth, to walk a little while with their eyes upon the stars and turn their gaze too soon upon the ground that held their feet!

You have stirred the soil with your plow, my friend. It will never be the same again.

But one had to go back to the beginning of things, always. Trace the thread of life - find the knot - untangle it.

Time, designing slowly, swiftly; Time, destroying slowly, swiftly; Time holding, possessing the earth in its tender indifference.