“I pictured a low timber house with a shingled roof, caulked against storms, with blazing log fires inside and the walls lined with all the best books, somewhere to live when the rest of the world blew up.” WorldBookHouseFireWallLowsStormRoofBlazingAll The BestTimberFire Inside Book:In Patagonia Source: In Patagonia
“The usual run of children's books left me cold, and at the age of six I decided to write a book of my own. I managed the first line, 'I am a swallow.' Then I looked up and asked, 'How do you spell telephone wires?” WritingFirstsChildrenBookRunningAgeLeftLinesMy OwnColdSixDecidedSpellsUsualTelephonesWireChildren's Books Book:Anatomy of Restlessness: Selected Writings 1969-1989 Source: Anatomy of Restlessness: Selected Writings 1969-1989
