“The writers of books are companions in one's life and, as such, are of...” — James Salter Quote

“The writers of books are companions in one's life and, as such, are often more interesting than other companions.”

“There is no situation like the open road, and seeing things completely afresh. I'm used to traveling. It's not a question of meeting or seeing new faces particularly, or hearing new stories, but of looking at life in a different way. It's the curtain coming up on another act.”

“I spent the night on a sliver of rock high up on the east face of Long's Peak, climbing with Tom Frost, and slept at the icy feet of the Dru, listening to the lightning crack above me and the thunder roll down. I only did it to write about it. I would never go up on the Grotto Wall for fun.”

“Parents are one's companions in life but not partakers of one's karma.”

“Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.”

“Conspiracies, since they cannot be engaged in without the fellowship of others, are for that reason most perilous; for as most men are either fools or knaves, we run excessive risk in making such folk our companions.”