The days are stacked against what we think we are.

The simple act of opening a bottle of wine has brought more happiness to the human race than all the collective governments in the history of earth

Barring love I'll take my life in large doses alone--rivers, forests, fish, grouse, mountains. Dogs.

The wilderness does not make you forget your normal life so much as it removes the distractions for proper remembering.

The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense.

Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness and they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy, or they become legends.

In a life properly lived, you're a river.

Beware, O wanderer, the road is walking too.

Death steals everything except our stories.

Fishing makes us less the hostages to the horrors of making a living.

I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass.

The odd was the ordinary at Alistair Grim's. The people who lived there were odd. The things they did there were odd. Even the there itself there was odd.

Sacrifice precedes any success.

History may never have all the facts, but history always has the last word.

I've never been put down by a man, unless I deserved it, and have never felt inferior.

I love working in TV. TV is fast. You shoot it and it's done quickly.

In fact, punk rock means exemplary manners to your fellow human beings.

A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.

Mansell is slowing it down, taking it easy. Oh, no he isn't! It's a lap record.

As Hegel well knew, the ascent of reason has never followed a straight line.

Katniss?" Peeta says. I meet his eyes, knowing my face must be some shade of green. He mouths the words. "How about that kiss?