How much service have I rendered to my people?

The name Peace River itself is the monument of a successful effort on the part of the Company to bring about a better understanding between the Crees and the Beavers.

The Hudson's Bay Company has always been the guardian angel of the north.

Though so trifling, the success of our first Buffalo hunt gave us quite a social lift.

The life of a wild animal always has a tragic end.

Not Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Astor together could have raised money enough to buy a quarter share in my little dogs.

The white spruce forest along the banks is most inspiring, magnificent here. Down the terraced slopes and right to the water's edge on the alluvial soil it stands in ranks.

The ancient feud between cat and dog is not forgotten in the north, for the Lynx is the deadly foe of the Fox and habitually kills it when there is soft snow and scarcity of easier prey.

We and the beasts are kin.

We were now back at Smith Landing, and fired with a desire to make another Buffalo expedition on which we should have ampler time and cover more than a mere corner of the range.

I have only one prejudice in horseflesh - I do not like a white one.

I have great affection for you, Roy" I answered, "but I don't think you are the sort of person I'd care to have breakfast with.

To be told that one can be dependent on one's parents until age 26 should strike a young person who wants to grow up as demeaning, not as something to celebrate.

In order to deal with reality successfully - to pursue and achieve the values which his life requires - man needs self-esteem; he needs to be confident of his efficacy and worth.

When we say no, or when we follow our dreams or true callings - people might be disappointed in our choices. Allowing people their disappointments sets us free.

Many people say they got into their career by accident. The other side of that is that your career is an accident waiting to happen.

Well, if it's a symbol, to hell with it.

The evil always comes from details.

I've had the wind knocked out of me, but never the hurricane

Even if I’d been wide awake, I knew Dimitri would’ve taken my suitcase anyway. That’s how he was, a lost remnant of chivalry in the modern world, ever-ready to help others.

Trusting your energy policy to the fossil fuel lobby is like trusting your health care system to the tobacco lobby.