But Hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns.

To be a good draftsman was to me a blessing.

A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.

Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them.

When the bird and the book disagree, believe the bird.

But hopes are shy birds flying at a great distance, seldom reached by the best of guns.

I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am aware that no man living knows better than I do the habits of our birds.

One day I caught four Dolphins, how much I have gazed at these beautiful creatures... as they changed their hue in twenty varieties of richest arrangement of tints.

Never give up listening to the sounds of birds.

In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our noble forests.

During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks.

a good friendship is beneficial to both, a bought friend is a free enemy that no one can afford.

This is what you get, Maura, for using your DNA to make a baby, ” Calla said.

I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live.

There are no war stories. I ended up a bombardier, but I never got overseas. And it wasn't because I was playing baseball either. It was just a series of things that went on.

No concept is a carrier of life.

The modern composer builds his works on the basis of truth.

Summer comes over the hill like a hairy blanket.

But if you couldn't do everything, did that mean you did nothing?

The Light Queen’s voice stilled the turbulent waves of my soul, singing calm and grace to every fiber of my being. Neamh. Ah, there, I was pissed off again

If you play in the NFL and start for 10 years, it's not good. It is not good.