“They think Im simpleminded because I seem to be happy. Why shouldnt I be happy? I have everything I ever wanted and more. Maybe I am simpleminded. Maybe thats the key: simple.”

“If you dont like the road youre walking, start paving another one.”

“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain!”

“I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.”

“Storms make trees take deeper roots.”

“If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”

“Even the Middle Ages, which condemned and punished animals in due form, was in this way much closer to them than we are. They held them to be guilty: which was a way of honoring them. We take them ...”

“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”

“I think that when you remember, remember, remember everything like that, you could go on until you remember what was there before you were in the world. ”

“Because stories are how we share our lives and what we truly mourn when they are lost. Stories are what connect us to our past and carry us to our future. They are what we cherish and what we remem...”

“Say something Becks. Say anything""You," I said. "I remember you." I kept my eyes shut, and felt his hands drop. He didn't move back."What do you remember about me?" There was strong emotion behind...”