“We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and c...”

“The ocean is a mighty harmonist.”

“And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.”

“The soil under the grass is dreaming of a young forest, and under the pavement the soil is dreaming of grass.”

“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.”

“And yet I have known the sea too long to believe in its respect for decency. An elemental force is ruthlessly frank”

“Not hammer strokes but dance of the water sings the pebbles into perfection.”

“I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself”

“The poetry of the earth is never dead.”

“I like it when a flower or a little tuft of grass grows through a crack in the concrete. It's so fuckin' heroic.”

“Meteorites don’t fall on the Earth. They fall on the Sun and the Earth gets in the way.” - John W. Campbell”

“Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless peacocks and lilies for instance.”