“Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever lays one down without a feeling of disappointment.”

“What my parents kept failing to understand was how happy I was when I was alone with my books. There was no pressure to perform or be cute, and books never disappoint-- unless, of course, you've chosen a bad one. But then, you can always put it down and pick up another one without any repercussions.”

“Always in the big woods when you leave familiar ground and step off alone into a new place there will be, along with the feelings of curiosity and excitement, a little nagging of dread. It is the ancient fear of the Unknown, and it is your first bond with the wilderness you are going into.”

“Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view.”

“The most despicable humans are the ones who always feel virtuous and look down on the rest of the world.”

“Curiosity being one of the forms of self-revelation, a systematically incurious person remains always partly mysterious. ”