Best Edward Hoagland Quotes
- If human nature eventually is going to take the place of nature everywhere, those of us who have been naturalists will have to transpose the… Alone
- Our loneliness makes us avid column readers these days. Avid
- Summer is when we believe, all of a sudden, that if we just walked out the back door and kept on going long enough and… All
- Sophistication" is another word for that inventive mix of tolerance, resilience, and resourcefulness city people develop. Another Word
- To live is to see, and traveling sometimes speeds up the process. Live
- Country people tend to consider that they have a corner on righteousness and to distrust most manifestations of cleverness, while people in the city are… All
- A writer's work is to witness things. Funny
- Black bears, though, are not fearsome. I encountered one on the road to my house in Vermont, alone at night. I picked up two stones… Afraid
- There were periods during my childhood when I stammered so badly I couldn't talk at all. All
- Once I climbed into a mountain lion's cage and she bounded at me and put her paw on my face, but she kept her claws… Bounded
- In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself… Animal
- Like a kick in the butt, the force of events wakes slumberous talents. Butt
- When I was 18 I worked with the Ringling Brothers circus, taking care of menagerie animals. I used to rather deliberately risk my life with… Animals