I walked without breaks, slept through nights without waking, inhumanly smooth – a small machine.

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.

Guilt cannot change you

It's easy to make money, a lot tougher to make a difference

Disregard nuisances and obstacles, for they are merely a brush-stroke on the bigger picture

Live in a way that would not leave us regretting after so many years on earth.

Life is not a burden, but we make it one when we refuse to accept things as they are.

I have spent far too many years trying to make everybody like me. It's not possible. People can say or think what they want.

When a student comes and asks, "Should I become a mathematician?" the answer should be no. If you have to ask, you shouldn't even ask.

Always enter the conversation already taking place in the customer's mind.

Yeah, yeah, I've been Beatled, I've been Rolling Stoned.

A generation that hates war will not bring peace. A generation that loves peace will bring peace.