I thought that there were two rules in life - never count the cost, and never do anything unless you can do it wholeheartedly. Now is the time to live.

Happiness lies in a large measure of self-forgetfulness, either in work . . . or in the love of others. ♥

But then, I am always being overwhelmed. I require it to sustain life.

Say that I starved; that I was lost and weary; That I was burned and blinded by the desert sun; Footsore, thirsty, sick with strange diseases; Lonely and wet and cold, but that I kept my dream!

I shall go on some last wilderness trip, to a place I have known and loved. I shall not return.

I have seen almost more beauty than I can bear.

I have not tired of the wilderness; rather I enjoy its beauty and the vagrant life I lead, more keenly all the time.

While I am alive, I intend to live.

Always, I want to live more intensely and richly.

I have been in many beautiful places, and did not wish to taste, but to drink deep.

I'll never stop wandering. And when the time comes to die, I'll find the wildest, loneliest, most desolate spot there is.

More and more I feel like a letter—deposited here, collected there. But a letter addressed to no one.

Life is mostly just learning how to lose.

I love chocolate, and I love to shop - just give me a good boutique. I like mall scenarios, too, because there's more right there at hand. I think Nashville could use some better shopping!

The Thames was all gold. God it was beautiful, so fine that I began working a frenzy, following the sun and its reflections on the water.

Look up here, I'm in heaven.

Every present anger derives from past weakness.

I still feel like five years old every time I step on the court. It's my sanctuary...I want to maintain the fun at all times.

Expect of Man God, and he will appear to be a beast. Expect of Man a beast, and he will appear to be God.

You have to enjoy life in the process. It may sound corny, but it's true. At the end of the day, we can't always achieve everything that we dream of but you do have to enjoy life in the process.

American and Vietnamese characters alike leap to life through the voice and eyes of a tenyearold girl-a protagonist so strong, loving, and vivid I longed to hand her a wedge of freshly cut papaya.