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> [Canoes, too, are unobtrusive; they don't storm the natural world or ride over it, but drift in upon it as a part of its own silence. As you either care about what the land is or not, so do you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-graves/canoes-too-are-unobtrusive-they-don-t-storm-the-natural-world-or-ride/)

[John Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-graves/)

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## More by John Graves

> [“If a man couldn't escape what he came from, we would most of us still be peasants in Old World hovels. But, if, having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-graves/if-a-man-couldn-t-escape-what-he-came-from-we-would-most-of-us-still/)

[John Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-graves/)

> [You notice. And noticing, you live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-graves/you-notice-and-noticing-you-live/)

[John Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-graves/)

> [Most autumns, the water is low from the long dry summer, and you have to get out from time to time and wade, leading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-graves/most-autumns-the-water-is-low-from-the-long-dry-summer-and-you-have/)

[John Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-graves/)

> [If you are lucky and reverent, and hush for a moment the doubts in your head, sometimes God will whisper in your ear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-graves/if-you-are-lucky-and-reverent-and-hush-for-a-moment-the-doubts-in/)

[John Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-graves/)

> [“Neither a land nor a people ever starts over clean. Country is compact of all its past disasters and strokes of luck–of flood and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-graves/neither-a-land-nor-a-people-ever-starts-over-clean-country-is-compact/)

[John Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-graves/)

> [“Some days load themselves with questions whose answers have died, and maybe never mattered hugely”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-graves/some-days-load-themselves-with-questions-whose-answers-have-died-and/)

[John Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-graves/)

> [“Of all the passers-through, the species that means most to me, even more than geese and cranes, is the upland plover, the drab plump…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-graves/of-all-the-passers-through-the-species-that-means-most-to-me-even/)

[John Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-graves/)

> [Canoes, too, are unobtrusive; they don't storm the natural world or ride over it, but drift in upon it as a part of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-graves/canoes-too-are-unobtrusive-they-don-t-storm-the-natural-world-or-ride/)

[John Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-graves/)

> [“Ritual isn't a New World strong point.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-graves/ritual-isn-t-a-new-world-strong-point/)

[John Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-graves/)

> [I would be annoyed if I were any more in tune with modern sensibilities. I was shaped differently. The world in which I grew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-graves/i-would-be-annoyed-if-i-were-any-more-in-tune-with-modern/)

[John Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-graves/)

> [“In terms of the outdoors, I and the others like me weren't badly cheated as such cheatings go nowadays, but we were cheated nevertheless.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-graves/in-terms-of-the-outdoors-i-and-the-others-like-me-weren-t-badly/)

[John Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-graves/)

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