Wallace Earle Stegner was an American historian, novelist, short story writer, and environmentalist, often called "The Dean of Western Writers."
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“Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.”
Wallace Stegner
“It is something-it can be everything-to have found a fellow bird with whom you can sit among the rafters while the drinking and boasting and reciting and fighting go on below.”
“A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter.”
“Hard writing makes easy reading.”
“She saw objectives, not obstacles.”
“One means of sanity is to retain a hold on the natural world, ... Americans still have that chance, more than many peoples.”
“have a chance to create a society to match its scenery.”