But the truth was stranger than an aimless road, it always was.

The trees were friendly, they gave me rest and shadowed refuge. Slipping through them, I felt safe and competent. My whole body was occupied. I had little energy to think or worry.

Beneath hot sun, desert roses bloomed. Under cold moon, I still refused to.

Water was liquid silver, water was gold. It was clarity—a sacred thing. Drinking was no longer something to take for granted. I’d never needed to consider water before.

There was so little I wanted to carry. Packing my backpack took me all of four minutes

The bravest thing I ever did was leave there. The next bravest thing I did was come back, to make myself heard.

I’d believed I needed to be steady in myself before I could function with others—but surviving alone no longer felt like a good way either.

I realized that the most empowering important thing was actually simply taking care of myself.

I was promising myself strength.I had to write it, say it, make the effort and fake it before I actually believed I could do it.

I was the director of my life, it was already true, and I would soon lead myself to my dreamed-of destinations.It was the task of my one thousand miles of solitude.

I no longer needed to peel myself of my skin, or to hide. To Dash the colorless ephemeral things that existed just beneath my surface were as vivid as the beauty marks he traced on my cheek.

When typography is on point, words become images.

I have hardly anything in common with myself and should stand very quietly in a corner, content that I can breathe.

Who can see twenty-five years into the future?” she had asked. “Your guess is as good as theirs. Confidence is everything.

Our emotional response is driven by the proximity of events.

Mama always said barefoot and pregnant was not my style. She knew.

Sickness sensitizes man for observation, like a photographic plate.

Humility is the conscious awareness and acceptance of eternity as your body.

We were not making war against Germany, we were being ordered about in the King's war with Germany.

I've always known that if I got the right opportunity and the right system, I could be successful.

It may not happen in my lifetime, but if I can play a part in moving things along, then I feel I've done a good job.