The perfect weather of Indian Summer lengthened and lingered, warm sunny days were followed by brisk nights with Halloween a presentiment in the air.

National parks are the best idea we ever had. Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best rather than our worst.

The life we all live is amateurish and accidental; it begins in accident and proceeds by trial and error toward dubious ends.

Faith can reclaim deserts as well as move mountains.

No life goes past so swiftly as an eventless one, no clock spins like a clock whose days are all alike.

You'll do what you think you want to do, or what you think you ought to do. If you're very lucky, luckier than anybody I know, the two will coincide.

Creation is a knack which is empowered by practice, and like almost any skill, it is lost if you don't practice it.