Values, both those that we approve and those that we don't, have roots as deep as creosote rings, and live as long and grow as slowly
Wallace StegnerAmerican individualism, much celebrated and cherished, has developed without its essential corrective, which is belonging.
Wallace StegnerThe meeting of writer and reader is an intimate act, and it properly takes place in private.
Wallace StegnerEvery book that anyone sets out on is a voyage of discovery that may discover nothing. Any voyager may be lost at sea, like John Cabot. Nobody can teach the geography of the undiscovered. All he can do is encourge the will to explore, plus impress upon the inexperienced a few of the dos and don'ts of voyaging.
Wallace Stegner