The West begins where the average annual rainfall drops below twenty inches. When you reach the line which … - Bernard DeVoto

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

Singularitarians are the munchkins of the real world. We just ignore all the usual dungeons and head straight for the cycle of infinite wish spells.

Bernard DeVoto

The West begins where the average annual rainfall drops below twenty inches. When you reach the line which marks that drop - for convenience, the one hundredth meridian - you have reached the West.

Annual, Average, Begins, Lines, Marks, Twenties

Same Author Quotes

This is the violet hour, the hour of hush and wonder, when the affectations glow and valor is reborn, when the shadows deepen along the edge of the forest and we believe that, if we watch carefully, at any moment we may see the unicorn.

Believe, Edge, See, Shadow, Watches

One may lack words to express the impact of beauty but no one who has felt it remains untouched. It is renewal, enlargement, intensification. The parks preserve it permanently in the inheritance of the American citizens.

Citizens, Impact, Inheritance, Parks, Renewal, Untouched

The mind has its own logic but does not often let others in on it.

Doe, Let, Logic, Math, Mind

You can no more keep a martini in the refrigerator than you can keep a kiss there. The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth and one of the shortest-lived.

Earth, Glory, Kissing, Life, Marriages, Martini

The rat stops gnawing in the wood, the dungeon walls withdraw, the weight is lifted your pulse steadies and the sun has found your heart, the day was not bad, the season has not been bad, there is sense and even promise in going on.

Bad, Food, Heart, Steadies, Wall, Walls

Similar Quotes

J. B. Bury

The Macedonian people and their kings were of Greek stock, as their traditions and the scanty remains of their language combine to testify.

Greek, Kings, People, Scanty, Traditions

Osama bin Laden

America has been hit by Allah at its most vulnerable point, destroying, thank God, its most prestigious buildings.

America, Hit, Prestigious, Thank God, Vulnerable

Bill Parcells

I've been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential.

Team, Player, Want, Potential, Know, Takes

Eliezer Yudkowsky

Singularitarians are the munchkins of the real world. We just ignore all the usual dungeons and head straight for the cycle of infinite wish spells.

Cycle, Head, Munchkins, Real, Usual, Wish

Banana Yoshimoto

In the uncertain ebb and flow of time and emotions, much of one’s life history is etched in the senses. And things of no particular importance, or irreplaceable things, can suddenly resurface in a café one winter night.

Café, Ebb And Flow, Night, Things, Time, Winter