Wallace Stegner: Quotes about life

Wallace Stegner was American historian, writer, and environmentalist. Explore interesting quotes on life.
Wallace Stegner: 58   quotes 1   like

“The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.”

Wallace Stegner book The Spectator Bird

Variant: Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to
wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.
Source: The Spectator Bird

Heartbreaking , Life , Wisdom

“I shall be richer all my life for this sorrow”

Wallace Stegner

Source: All the Little Live Things

Life

“It is love and friendship, the sanctity and celebration of our relationships, that not only support a good life, but create one. Through friendships, we spark and inspire one another's ambitions.”

Wallace Stegner book Crossing to Safety

Source: Crossing to Safety

Love , Life , Friendship , Support

“No life goes past so swiftly as an eventless one, no clock spins like a clock whose days are all alike.”

Wallace Stegner book Angle of Repose

Source: Angle of Repose

Life , Past