Many of us would probably be better fishermen if we did not spend so much time watching and waiting for the world to become perfect

At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.

I knew that, when needed, mountains would move for me.

I am haunted by waters.

One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself and watch yourself softly becoming the author of something beautiful even if it is only a floating ash.

The nearest anyone can come to finding himself at any given age is to find a story that somehow tells him about himself.

The world is full of bastards, the number increasing rapidly the further one gets from Missoula, Montana.