“I'm fine with Nature's way, as long as Nature keeps it out of *my* way.”

“I'm afraid that in nine cases out of ten Nature pulls one way and human nature another.”

“Satisfying natural desires is fine, but natural desires have a way of being both competitive and consequential.”

“Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more.”

“The thing that worries me is that I'm so different from other writers. Connecticut is just another state to me. And nature - well, nature is just nature. When I see a tree whose leafy mouth is pressed against the earth's sweet flowing breast, I think, 'Well, that's a nice-looking oak,' but it doesn't change my way of life.Now I'm not going to stand here and run down trees and flowers. Personally, I have three snake plants of my own, and in a tearoom I'm the first one to notice the geraniums. But the point is, I keep my head.”

“Nature pulls one way and human nature another.”