Ten years ago I wondered, “How does one travel around the world? How does one step out of a well-established life to follow the dream?” I’ve answered those questions. But now new ones emerge.

No matter. I was single, no children, a handful of plants and at 39, young enough to regroup. If I hit ground before I finished building my wings, I would not take anyone with me.

I knew I could always earn money from a job. What I didn’t know was could I extend the dream of writing beyond my trip?

Then I’d go home, return to a pattern of worry, unable to tap the surrender core to travel’s inspiration. What was different?

When we squander the moments of our lives, Peter, we are spending the most valuable currency.

Sometimes success is simply being willing to give it your all.

I don't ever want to be sad about my life.

Live every day as if you've come back in time from a dystopian future to try and prevent everything from breaking.

It isn’t the fall that will kill you, but the sudden stop.

Solving new problems is what keeps us moving forward as individuals and as a society, so don't back down.

You can't live in this world but there's nowhere else to go.

It's a sponge and I'm a sponge and for a second there all our sponge parts are one and I don't just have square pants, everything about me is squarish because I'm part of a wall.

Everything a politician promises at election time has to be paid for either by higher taxation or by borrowing.

The great thing about catchers is that they do a lot of different things, and they're basically overlooked.