I consider the integrity of the material to be of greater value than any message I might want to get across.
Wallace Stegnerwherever you find the greatest good, you will find the greatest evil, because evil loves paradise as much as good.
Wallace StegnerIf the national park is, as Lord Bryce suggested, the best idea America has ever had, wilderness preservation is the highest refinement of that idea.
Wallace StegnerA western buckaroo, I share his scorn for people who go camping by the book, relying on the authority of some half-assed assistant scoutmaster whose total experience outdoors probably consists of two overnight hikes and a weekend in the Catskills. But we have just had that confrontation. The one who goes by Pritchard's book is Sid's wife, and I am wary. It is not my expedition. I am a guest here.
Wallace Stegner