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title: "2 Anchors Quotes By Randy Wayne White"
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> [The written word is the only anchor we have in life. How extraordinary would it be if we had even three or four paragraphs written honestly about their lives by our ancestors?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-wayne-white/the-written-word-is-the-only-anchor-we-have-in-life-how-extraordinary/)

[Randy Wayne White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-wayne-white/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9eb/randy-wayne-white-27178_ancestor_the-written-word-is-the-only-anchor-we-h_2316219.png)

> [A journal is more than a memory goad. It's therapeutic. The simple act of opening a notebook to put words down stills the crosscurrents of worry, drawing to focus the essential though patterms that best defines us, intersecting those thoughts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-wayne-white/a-journal-is-more-than-a-memory-goad-it-s-therapeutic-the-simple-act/)

[Randy Wayne White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-wayne-white/)

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## Other authors on Anchors

## More by Randy Wayne White

> [It's called 'Night Moves,' and it's my favorite 'Doc Ford' of all times. It's way too complicated, but it worked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-wayne-white/it-s-called-night-moves-and-it-s-my-favorite-doc-ford-of-all-times-it/)

[Randy Wayne White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-wayne-white/)

> [Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-wayne-white/not-long-ago-i-made-a-list-of-doc-ford-books-i-would-like-to-do-and-i/)

[Randy Wayne White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-wayne-white/)

> [The Florida peninsula is, in fact, an emerging plateau, honeycombed with voids and vents, caves and underground waterways. Travelers on Interstate Highway I-75 have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-wayne-white/the-florida-peninsula-is-in-fact-an-emerging-plateau-honeycombed-with/)

[Randy Wayne White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-wayne-white/)

> [“Excuses were for those willing to concede that weakness was their strongest ally.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-wayne-white/excuses-were-for-those-willing-to-concede-that-weakness-was-their/)

[Randy Wayne White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-wayne-white/)

> [Any legitimate religion consists of rules of morality linked by love. That's it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-wayne-white/any-legitimate-religion-consists-of-rules-of-morality-linked-by-love/)

[Randy Wayne White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-wayne-white/)

> [“Sooner or later, most of us will listen to a physician speak the name of our killer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-wayne-white/sooner-or-later-most-of-us-will-listen-to-a-physician-speak-the-name/)

[Randy Wayne White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-wayne-white/)

> [All the women in my family were superb cooks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-wayne-white/all-the-women-in-my-family-were-superb-cooks/)

[Randy Wayne White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-wayne-white/)

> [Adventure-travel is any activity used as a conduit to observe, share, enjoy, suffer, encounter, or experience that which is outside the boundaries of one's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-wayne-white/adventure-travel-is-any-activity-used-as-a-conduit-to-observe-share/)

[Randy Wayne White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-wayne-white/)

> [“I have no choice but to believe in free will" Tomlinson”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-wayne-white/i-have-no-choice-but-to-believe-in-free-will-tomlinson/)

[Randy Wayne White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-wayne-white/)

> [A society whose moral ideas, inhibit their own defense will always suffer defeat by the very predators they deem immoral. In any conflict the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-wayne-white/a-society-whose-moral-ideas-inhibit-their-own-defense-will-always/)

[Randy Wayne White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-wayne-white/)

> [The water is alive. It is alive. If we could get a mask and fins and drop down off these docks, we'd see snook…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-wayne-white/the-water-is-alive-it-is-alive-if-we-could-get-a-mask-and-fins-and/)

[Randy Wayne White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-wayne-white/)

> [“In this book, Doc Ford references “snag fishing” for tarpon in Boca Grande Pass on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Thanks to Kenneth W. Wright—Florida Environmentalist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-wayne-white/in-this-book-doc-ford-references-snag-fishing-for-tarpon-in-boca/)

[Randy Wayne White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-wayne-white/)

> [My aunts still try to fatten me up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-wayne-white/my-aunts-still-try-to-fatten-me-up/)

[Randy Wayne White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-wayne-white/)

> [“Tomlinson often refers to her as living proof of his own private theory: The world’s most beautiful women are always well into their thirties,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-wayne-white/tomlinson-often-refers-to-her-as-living-proof-of-his-own-private/)

[Randy Wayne White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-wayne-white/)

> [The written word is the only anchor we have in life. How extraordinary would it be if we had even three or four paragraphs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-wayne-white/the-written-word-is-the-only-anchor-we-have-in-life-how-extraordinary/)

[Randy Wayne White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-wayne-white/)

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