Quote by: Peter Matthiessen

Transfixed by the bright gaze of a lizard, I become calm. This stone on which the lizard lies was under the sea when lizards first came into being, and now the flood is wearing it away, to return it once again into the oceans.


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Author Bio


  • NamePeter Matthiessen
  • DescriptionAmerican novelist
  • BornMay 22, 1927
  • DiedApril 5, 2014
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionNovelist; Writer
  • WorksThe Snow Leopard
  • AwardsNational Book Award; John Burroughs Medal