I needed only to allow myself to know what I already knew.

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.

....because of all the things in this world that can hurt you and knock you down, I will never be one of them.

Most of my life has been spent keeping information close, turning it over and over in my mind. The impulse to share anything is a new one, the impulse to hide as natural as breathing.

A gift, like a good friend drawing a personal road map out of the crazy busy swirl of our overloaded lives.

One foot in front of the other, counting tiles on the floor so I don't have to focus the blur of painted smiles, fake faces.

I seriously consider television to be the people's medium.

Always be nice to people. Whatever how bad they are to you. To show them you are not like them.

In blue Light nature space the whole world, wide grazing land, the open spaces wind across the land and the sky, blue, high

Understanding is, after all, what science is all about — and science is a great deal more than mindless computation.

Our breath is connected to the air that every being breathes. By breathing consciously, we acknowledge our communion with all of life.

Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic of making sure they never reach that stage.