Echoing Words

“Where are we?”

“Middle of nowhere.”

“Why?”

“Because there’s no better place to be.”

Carl Hiaasen
Stormy Weather

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

Winston Churchill

The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush.
It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.

Robert Maynard Hutchins

I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up DOES rejoice. Still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they’re gone. I guess I just miss my friend.

Red
“Shawshank Redemption”

Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die.

Amelia Burr
A Song of Living

A moose may walk backwards at night, but it is better than being slapped on the belly with a wet trout.

Anonymous

DO NOT BECOME A CYNIC. That is a sure sign of physical and spiritual atrophy. A disorder that can be readily avoided with regular doses of fresh air, adrenaline, and vast wilderness. This is a reminder to those planners and knowers of things that there is still wonder . Still challenge. Still spaces to climb, bike, and swim beyond the reach of radio waves. For those of you who would seek adventure, take heart; There are yet places that speak to our souls. And to the dim-eyed know-it-alls, they will say this: I HAVE A SURPRISE FOR YOU. Just Do It.

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My Friend shall forever be my Friend,
and reflect a ray of God to me

Henry David Thoreau
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

Neil Armstrong

Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.

Albert Einstein