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“The best thing to do is go as far out as you can get... what you regard as 'too far'--and when others follow, as they will, move on.”
― Frank Lloyd Wright, The Natural House

“There are things which some people never attempt during their whole lives, but one of these is not poetry. Poetry attacks all human beings sooner or later, and, like the measles, is mild or violent according to the age of the sufferer.”
― Mark Twain

“It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.”
― John Muir, Our National Parks

“Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.”
― John Muir, Travels in Alaska

“Anyone pretending to be a guide through wild and fabulous territory should know the territory. I wish I knew it better than I do. I am not Jed Smith. But Jed smith is not available these days as a guide, and I am. I accept the duty, at least as much for what I may learn as for what I may be able to tell others.”
― Wallace Stegner

“And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore.”
― Apsley Cherry-Garrard, The Worst Journey in the World