Jerry Dennis > Quotes

“There's relief in not having to be outside. No gardening, no mowing the lawn, no tyranny of long daylight hours to fill with productive activity. We rip through summer, burning the hours and tearing up the land. Then snow comes like a bandage, and winter heals the wounds.”
― Jerry Dennis

“I asked him what he thought of the Great Lakes now.
I'm surprised at how much seamanship is required to sail them. I always thought they were for wussies, that only the oceans were worthy of tough guys like me. But in the ocean there's not much to hit, it mostly requires endurance. These lakes can kick your ass.”
― Jerry Dennis, The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas

“Constancy is nothing but a languishing and wavering dance”
― Jerry Dennis, The Windward Shore: A Winter on the Great Lakes

“Be cool, trust the universe, don’t worry about what you can’t control.”
― Jerry Dennis, The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas

“Michigan alone is bounded by 3,200 miles of coastline—only Alaska has more.”
― Jerry Dennis, The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas