Rocks are records of events that took place at the time they formed. They are books. They have a different vocabulary, a different alphabet, but you learn how to read them.

If by some fiat I had to restrict all this writing to one sentence, this is the one I would choose: The summit of Mt. Everest is marine limestone.

With their four-dimensional minds, and in their interdisciplinary ultra verbal way, geologists can wiggle out of almost anything.

In making war with nature, there was risk of loss in winning.

The doctor listens in with a stethoscope and hears sounds of a warpath Indian drum.

Taking things from one source is plagiarism; taking things from several sources is research.

Writing is a suspension of life in order to re-create life

I can't stand a sentence until it sounds right.

Almost all Americans would recognize Anchorage, because Anchorage is that part of any city where the city has burst its seams and extruded Colonel Sanders.

I used to sit in class and listen to the terms come floating down the room like paper airplanes.

Catch and release fishing may be cruelty masquerading as political correctness

The best way to respond to Hatred is to trigger Love. The one who Loves is the Greatest

There were never enough stars in the sky to count how many times a day he fell in love with her.

I just cash in on the fact that I’m good looking, and I’ve got a nice figure and girls like me.

Proclaiming the gospel is not an activity in which we periodically and temporarily engage.

Two girls discover the secret of life in a sudden line of poetry.

Through effort you will cross any raging flood, through energy you will pass any sorrow.

Religion is something that only secondarily can be taught. It must must primarily be taught.

I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political views.

I'd like to be the next president of the United States to support and help this great nation and to make sure that we all together remain America as the hope of the earth.

I might be manipulating you to create risk for myself.