The place where you lose the trail is not necessarily the place where it ends.

A lost trail always extends beyond the evidence, and even the trails we find are only fragments of the trails that lie beyond our comprehension.

Evil can be a teacher, if you look at the wisdom of its negative power.

We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl ten times its size to drive it off its territory. But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of its indomitable spirit.

I don't see how anybody could have a passion for nature without having an equally developed tolerance for the cold.

This earth is a garden, this life a banquet, and it's time we realized that it was given to all life, animal and man, to enjoy.

If we are going to allow somebody to request a recount, the intent obviously is that you expect a recount to be included.