If you drive to, say, Shenandoah National Park, or the Great Smoky Mountains, you'll get some appreciation for the scale and beauty of the outdoors. When you walk into it, then you see it in a completely different way. You discover it in a much slower, more majestic sort of way. Bill Bryson appreciationbeautycompletely share on social
The world at night, for much of history, was a very dark place indeed. Bill Bryson darkhistorynight Change image and share on social
I want things to be better all the time. And I tend to get angry about that. Books are an opportunity to vent. Bill Bryson angrybookopportunity Change image and share on social
I have made a career of bumbling around places, stumbling on landmarks and generally being quite haphazard and shambolic about the way I go about things. Bill Bryson bumblecareergenerally Change image and share on social
In a funny way, nothing makes you feel more like a native of your own country than to live where nearly everyone is not. Bill Bryson countryfeelfunny Change image and share on social
It is unthinkable to have a British countryside that doesn't have actual functioning farmers riding tractors, cows in fields, things like that. Bill Bryson actualbritishcountryside Change image and share on social
Nobody gets excited about the future at all, ever. The future is something we find depressing and worrisome. Bill Bryson depressexcitefind Change image and share on social
When you tell an Iowan a joke, you can see a kind of race going on between his brain and his expression. Bill Bryson brainexpressioniowan Change image and share on social
I'm not funny in person. I mean I'm really not. I'm one of those people who always screw up anecdotes. Bill Bryson anecdotefunnypeople Change image and share on social
I hadn't realized quite how extraordinary Charles Lindbergh's achievement was in flying the Atlantic alone. He had never flown over open water before, but he flew straight to Dingle Bay in Ireland and then on to Paris, exactly as planned. Bill Bryson achievementatlanticbay share on social