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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 by the view from our elevation - off west the lights of Montana, Hungry Horse, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kittredge/up-there-on-huckleberry-mountain-i-couldn-t-sleep-as-the-sky-broke/)

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

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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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [“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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [“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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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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