True solitude is a din of birdsong, seething leaves, whirling colors, or a clamor of tracks in the snow.

Quote by Edward Hoagland

Topics: Solitude Quotes

In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to...

In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to...

Country people do not behave as if they think life is short; they live on...

Country people do not behave as if they think life is short; they live on...

Land of opportunity, land for the huddled masses where would the opportunity have been without...

Land of opportunity, land for the huddled masses where would the opportunity have been without...

Animals are stylized characters in a kind of old saga - stylized because even the...

Animals are stylized characters in a kind of old saga - stylized because even the...

The question of whether it's God's green earth is not at center stage, except in...

The question of whether it's God's green earth is not at center stage, except in...

Silence is exhilarating at first - as noise is - but there is a sweetness...

Silence is exhilarating at first - as noise is - but there is a sweetness...

Like a kick in the butt, the force of events wakes slumberous talents.

Like a kick in the butt, the force of events wakes slumberous talents.

Many people have believed that they were Chosen, but none more baldly than the Texans.

Many people have believed that they were Chosen, but none more baldly than the Texans.

City people try to buy time as a rule, when they can, whereas country people...

City people try to buy time as a rule, when they can, whereas country people...

They are pure, unduplicatable Chicago. they help explain why-in Chicago-it is unwise to take your...

They are pure, unduplicatable Chicago. they help explain why-in Chicago-it is unwise to take your...

The siren south is well enough, but New York, at the beginning of March, is...

The siren south is well enough, but New York, at the beginning of March, is...

Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors.

Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors.

I sometimes go back to walk through the ghostly remains of Sutton Place where the...

I sometimes go back to walk through the ghostly remains of Sutton Place where the...

The New Yorker has devoted itself for 59 years not only to facts and literal...

The New Yorker has devoted itself for 59 years not only to facts and literal...

I have just returned from Boston. It is the only sane thing to do if...

I have just returned from Boston. It is the only sane thing to do if...

Chicago is a sort of journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to a last herd of...

Chicago is a sort of journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to a last herd of...

That's great advertising when you can turn Chicago into a city you'd want to spend...

That's great advertising when you can turn Chicago into a city you'd want to spend...

There's nothing wrong with Southern California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure

There's nothing wrong with Southern California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure

And Kansas is at Chicago tonight or is it Chicago at Kansas City? Well, no...

And Kansas is at Chicago tonight or is it Chicago at Kansas City? Well, no...

North Carolina is the place you fly over on the way to Florida. Ohio is...

North Carolina is the place you fly over on the way to Florida. Ohio is...

I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself,...

I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself,...

My intellectual development was retarded, as a result of which I began to wonder about...

My intellectual development was retarded, as a result of which I began to wonder about...