Raymond Carver Quotes

I crave time in Yosemite like I crave food and water.

Go to the meadows, go to the garden, go to the woods. Open your eyes!

I find a lot of comfort and peace just being outdoors. Whether on a beach or on a path near our house, I would walk for an hour or two, just alone with my own head to think things through.

The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real world.

I really feel that my body craves to be in the mountains or by the ocean or in the countryside.

I'm most passionate about anything to do with nature and the simple things. I love taking walks with my family or my friends and seeing nature. And that's why I love living where I live because I live up in the desert area in the mountains.

I like to be grounded by nature, go hiking... go to an isolated island that's not glamorous and touristy at all.

The mountains are calling and I must go.

The only time I can really relax is up a tree or somewhere outside. I love being outside.

Whenever I get fed up with life I love to go wandering in nature.

I love being outdoors. I love listening to the crickets. I want to embrace nature.

I'm a walker, whether that's a stroll on the beach at sunset or getting up at eight o'clock on a Sunday morning and doing an eight-hour hike through a canyon. It's Zen time for me.

My favorite thing is just walking in the woods. I can do it for days on end without tiring of it.

I usually find myself hiking in a place that not a lot of people go hiking, just trying to find some solitude. I like being out in the middle of nowhere. Not always, but it's a good place to go to just reflect and think, and it's something I really enjoy.

I like nothing more than walking down a country lane or along a mountain path - it's not proof that there is anything bigger than ourselves, but I feel very much at peace.

I like being out there. I've done Snowdon, walked a bit of the Cleveland Way, did some of the Coast to Coast.

I have my mountain man moments like hiking in the woods.

When you're surrounded by majestic Norwegian nature, it's very easy to start thinking about stuff you don't have time to in everyday life.

In my walks I would fain return to my senses.

I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do. I feel as if this tree knows everything I ever think of when I sit here. When I come back to it, I never have to remind it of anything; I begin just where I left off.

It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.

There is no greater feeling than hanging out with my dogs, or just walking around the land with our horses. My rescue ranch is is where I feel the most at peace and where I'm reminded of the simple things in life and let the chaos of my crazy work life fade away.

I live in a rural residential area. It's a great place for a walk. I'm at my happiest when I'm listening to my iPod while walking around where my feet take me.

Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.

One of the things I enjoy is the challenge of Mother Nature.