Am I like the optimist who, while falling ten stories from a building, says at each story, "I'm all right so far"?"

"To rise above tree line is to go above thought, and after, the descent back into birdsong, bog orchids, willows, and firs is to sink into the preliterate parts of ourselves."

There is nothing in nature that can't be taken as a sign of both morality and invigoration.

Leaves are verbs that conjugate the seasons.

"Honesty is stronger medicine than sympathy, which may console but often hides."