Four Miles West of Nowhere Quotes

“mile from us lives neighbor Mike Phillips, off the grid. His motto is, “No more mergers and acquisitions.” If he owns something he doesn’t use for 24 months, he “Goodwills it” or burns it. He’s like Bruce Chatwin: “Things filled men with fear: the more things they had, the more they had to fear. Things had a way of riveting themselves on to the soul and then telling the soul what to do.”
― John Phillips, Four Miles West of Nowhere: A City Boy's First Year in the Montana Wilderness

“You might wanna choose a bank for collisions—left or right—then stick with it.” Under my navigational hand, the boat became a marine pinball. Dave’s dog barfed.”
― John Phillips, Four Miles West of Nowhere: A City Boy's First Year in the Montana Wilderness

“the kind of political petrified wood that doubles as Mitch McConnell’s brain.”
― John Phillips, Four Miles West of Nowhere: A City Boy's First Year in the Montana Wilderness

“One night, after forgetting I’d swallowed one of Woody’s Kentucky Derby sedatives, I served myself a Smirnoff-and-tonic Daisy Cutter that immediately whispered to my brain, “Big mistake, Bolo Bob.”
― John Phillips, Four Miles West of Nowhere: A City Boy's First Year in the Montana Wilderness