“ The contemplative man always lives alone. Regardless of who may reside in his home, his is a solitary world. Daniel J. Rice
“ There's been a lot to get used to here." Esther laughed. "Isn't that the truth. I don't know if you ever get used to it really. It just gets in your blood so that you can't stand to be anywhere else. Eowyn Ivey
“ There is language going on out there- the language of the wild. Roars, snorts, trumpets, squeals, whoops, and chirps all have meaning derived over eons of expression... We have yet to become fluent in… Boyd Norton
“ One who be armed with positive force energy may repell negative daggers, walk through the wilderness - and live to tell it. T.F. Hodge
“ Beyond the wall of the unreal city … there is another world waiting for you. It is the old true world of the deserts, the mountains, the forests, the islands, the shores, the open plains. Go there. Be… Edward Abbey
“ Mountains seem to answer an increasing imaginative need in the West. More and more people are discovering a desire for them, and a powerful solace in them. At bottom, mountains, like all wildernesses,… Robert Macfarlane
“ Why is it that we don’t worry about a compass until we’re lost in a wilderness of our own making? Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ The moon had spread over everything a thin layer of silver--over the rank grass, over the mud, upon the wall of matted vegetation standing higher thanthe wall of a temple, over the great river I could… Joseph Conrad
“ And it was in that moment of distress and confusion that the whip of terror laid its most nicely calculated lash about his heart. It dropped with deadly effect upon the sorest spot of all, completely… Algernon Blackwood
“ It is part of wisdom never to revisit a wilderness, for the more golden the lily, the more certain that someone has gilded it. Aldo Leopold
“ Every night we stopped in a cabin where wood had been stacked, matches left, and canned goods laid out for the chance traveler. All the unknown host received in return was a scribbled note giving our… Benedict Freedman
“ My own experiences in the wild rank in value just behind the birth of my children, my wedding, and the memorial services and graduations I’ve attended. I am permanently affected by those solitary enco… Jeff Rasley
“ It is crucial that Jesus is led by the Spirit. There are two wildernesses, two darknesses in the spiritual journey. One you go into by your own stupidity, by your sin, blindness, ignorance and mistake… Richard Rohr
“ When I returned to camp, they walked behind me on the trail, and we spoke not a word about getting skunked today, but rather talked about the days we returned with a stringer full of fish, and how we… Daniel J. Rice
