The difference between an adventure and an ordeal is attitude.

And after two days in civilization we realized we could never stay for long and started to plan our next adventure.

Attitude is the difference between ordeal and adventure

Prayer teaches us the grace of persistent effort.

Contentment is joy of life.

After a tragic incident you never remain the same. You pick up the pieces and emerge as a stronger, better version of yourself.

As you keep moving forward, you can stay upright even when outside forces try to pull you down.

I'm a semi-failed writer, but I'm a capital-F Failed musician.

When everything is moving and shifting, the only way to counteract chaos is stillness. When things feel extraordinary, strive for ordinary. When the surface is wavy, dive deeper for quieter waters.

Under the color-blind ideology of the new racism, Blackness must be SEEN as evidence for the alleged color blindness that seemingly characterizes contemporary economic opportunity.

[On John Cleese:] He sometimes seems to swat at his own thoughts as if they were bees.

(Male) culture was (and is) parasitical, feeding on the emotional strength of women without reciprocity.

Oh I love children, but I could never eat a whole one.