30 Quotes by Mike Bond

A moment of peace and silence, breathing in and out the frigid air, watching daylight seep into the forest, hearing the first chatter of distant crows, the wind sighing over the snow and through the fir and pine branches and the twittering of chickadees as they flitted in little tribes from tree to tree.

We sat bathed in luscious darkness, Casco Bay's thousand islands spread out before us like a diamond quilt. 'I don't get enough of this,' she said.

But wasn't that progress too, that the elephants were killed off like the mastodon and giant rhino before them, like all other wildlife and wild places? 'We can't stop time,' MacAdam said. 'But you can change the way it goes,' Nehemiah insisted.

...the track of the three camels and three pairs of sandals was like an arrow diminishing into infinity across the wavering sand.

The immense desert, empty as a bird’s wing, inspired him with promise.

Then I remembered how she was – fiery, ruthless, smart, and despite herself very caring, not a person who hurts anyone.

Though at opposite ends of our country, Maine and Hawaii are, other than climate, much alike. Places where you say who you are, be who you are, keep your word, and don’t cheat or lie to take advantage of each other. Where you protect other folks because they are your tribe.

Why in the morning is there so much hope? And in the evening only fatigued.

I have spent hours and hours watching elephants, and to come to understand what emotional creatures they are... it’s not just a species facing extinction, it’s massive individual suffering.