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> [The ecology of the valley was complex beyond our understanding, and it began to die as we went on manipulating it in ever more frantic ways. As it went dead and empty of the old life it became a place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kittredge/the-ecology-of-the-valley-was-complex-beyond-our-understanding-and-it/)

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## More by William Kittredge

> [Writing is a funny business. You sit in your room and listen to voices and write everything down. What kind of a profession is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kittredge/writing-is-a-funny-business-you-sit-in-your-room-and-listen-to-voices/)

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> [Up there on Huckleberry Mountain, I couldn't sleep ... As the sky broke light over the peaks of Glacier, I found myself deeply moved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kittredge/up-there-on-huckleberry-mountain-i-couldn-t-sleep-as-the-sky-broke/)

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> [“Sometimes there is no choice but to walk into your own house. Far away, you think, and you do not want to see. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kittredge/sometimes-there-is-no-choice-but-to-walk-into-your-own-house-far-away/)

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> [The specific danger is us; we are rampant; this earth is our only friend; we are destroying it increment by increment at a horrific…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kittredge/the-specific-danger-is-us-we-are-rampant-this-earth-is-our-only/)

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> [In a story, nothing is real until it is acted upon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kittredge/in-a-story-nothing-is-real-until-it-is-acted-upon/)

[William Kittredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kittredge/)

> [I had discovered a terrible vulnerability I myself which I think of not as cowardliness but as an ability to imagine too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kittredge/i-had-discovered-a-terrible-vulnerability-i-myself-which-i-think-of/)

[William Kittredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kittredge/)

> [In learning to pay respectful attention to one another and plants and animals, we relearn the acts of empathy, and thus humility and compassion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kittredge/in-learning-to-pay-respectful-attention-to-one-another-and-plants-and/)

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> [“We must define a story which encourages us to make use of the place where we live without killing it, and we must understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kittredge/we-must-define-a-story-which-encourages-us-to-make-use-of-the-place/)

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> [What I wanted was some dreamlike Frank Lloyd Wright bungalow where we could sit on the veranda forever and it would always be twilight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kittredge/what-i-wanted-was-some-dreamlike-frank-lloyd-wright-bungalow-where-we/)

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> [I want to think I deserve what I get. I don't want to consider how vastly I am overly rewarded. I don't want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kittredge/i-want-to-think-i-deserve-what-i-get-i-don-t-want-to-consider-how/)

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> [Places come to exist in our imaginations because of stories, and so do we. When we reach for a "sense of place," we posit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kittredge/places-come-to-exist-in-our-imaginations-because-of-stories-and-so-do/)

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> [A man ... needs to get out in the open air and sweat and blow off the stink.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kittredge/a-man-needs-to-get-out-in-the-open-air-and-sweat-and-blow-off-the/)

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> [Don't worry about meaning. If a story's any good, it can't help but have meaning. Let the PhDs tell you what your story means.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kittredge/don-t-worry-about-meaning-if-a-story-s-any-good-it-can-t-help-but/)

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> [We tell stories to talk out the trouble in our lives, trouble otherwise so often so unspeakable. It is one of our main ways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kittredge/we-tell-stories-to-talk-out-the-trouble-in-our-lives-trouble/)

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> [Our old pilgrims believed stories in which the West was a promise, a place where decent people could escape the wreckage of failed lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kittredge/our-old-pilgrims-believed-stories-in-which-the-west-was-a-promise-a/)

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