There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a tractor, and old age. – Bill Bryson
I have long known that it is part of Gods plan for me to spend a little time with each of the most stupid people on earth. – Bill Bryson
We used to build civilizations. Now we build shopping malls. – Bill Bryson
People who rarely read long books, or even short stories, still appreciate the greatest examples of the shortest literary genres. I have long been fascinated by these short genres. They seem to lie just where my heart is, somewhere between literature and philosophy. – Gary Saul Morson, The Long and Short of It: From Aphorism to Novel, 2012