Daniel J. Rice quotes:

The past and the future were starlight, seemingly so close, but forever out of reach. Eli felt that starlight, the infinity of knowing nothing but his finite existence.

Their minds told them this life was not their own. This life was not the one designed for this body and soul. The truth of existence was a happiness separated from the easy happy life. There was music in the forest. There was clean air where nobody could hear him breathe.

Only lost photographs that were never taken know what my mind speaks of when we are alone together.

I was disoriented by the idea that men should ever leave the forest.

What man does not seek the power of his dreams, and believe in his ability to match the grace of his illusions.

I watched the surrounding landscape with great curiosity, and I wanted to discover the words that could describe all its unspoiled beauty.

There are places which exist in this world beyond the reach of imagination.

As the saturating colors of sun-life fade from sight, the ominous moon reaches out its long arm and applies the dark dyes of night.

I walked slowly to enjoy this freedom, and when I came out of the mountains, I saw the sky over the prairie, and I thought that if heaven was real, I hoped it was a place I never had to go, for this earth was greater than any paradise.

A man without enemies is a dishonest man.

The truth of existence was a happiness separated from the easy happy life. There was music in the forest. There was clean air where nobody could hear him breathe.

...returning to nature has been a dream present in the minds of every generation since mankind first left nature.

Today I am an unemployed writer living as a recluse in the great Northwoods.