A Writer's Work Is To

Country People Do Not Behave As If They Think Life Is Short; They Live On The Principle That It Is Long, And Savor Variations Of The Kind Best Appreciated If Most Days Are The Same.

There Aren't Many Irritations To Match The Condescension Which A Woman Metes Out To A Man Who She Believes Has Loved Her Vainly For The Past Umpteen Years.

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 Just In Case, But I Wasn't Afraid Of Him. I Felt A Hunter's Exhilaration And A Brotherly Feeling.

Once I Climbed Into A Mountain Lion's Cage And She Bounded At Me And Put Her Paw On My Face, But She Kept Her Claws Withdrawn.

If Two People Are In Love They Can Sleep On The Blade Of A Knife.