Writing is one of the main ways that I process the experience.

I found things in the woods that I didn’t know I was looking for… and now I’ll never be the same.

Something deep within me connected with hard work, nature and simplicity.

One of the best feelings I had growing up was being completely exhausted at the end of the day after playing outside all day.

My motivation to keep hiking was rooted in the magnificent details of the Appalachian Mountains, and the more I poured myself out - the more energy I gave the trail - the more it gave me in return.

Our bodies are made to move, and moving down the trail is one of the oldest, natural ways people have used their bodies.

I'd always had an interest of pushing my limits and was intrigued by endurance.

A lot of people talk about the trail healing them, but I feel like, the first time, it humbled me, which I probably needed. It was a completely new way to experience the world and my body.

I was surrounded by life and beauty. My soul was content, and my life felt full.

I know that I was hiking at a very young age because I remember being convinced that it was the trees that were talking.

I would rather watch a sunset than TV.

There are times when I'm writing where time feels irrelevant. Those are the moments I know I'm creating magic.

It would be one thing if I had been cursed so that everyone I loved would die," said Will. "I could keep myself from loving. To keep others from caring for me--it is an odd, exhausting procedure.

To get over the guilt of drinking, take your brandy in milk. This way, it becomes medicinal.

He was one of the few political leaders I have ever met whose public speeches revealed more than his private conversations. [On Ronald Reagan]

I think that sometimes love gets in the way of itself - you know, love interrupts itself. We want things so much that we sabotage them.

Some suggested over the weekend that it is wrong to expect Elian Gonzalez to live in a place that tolerates no dissent or freedom of political expression. They were talking about Miami.

Goodness has never been a guarantee of safety.

It is commonly seene by experience, that excellent memories do rather accompany weake judgements.

I keep reminding people that an editorial in rhyme is not a song. A good song makes you laugh, it makes you cry, it makes you think.

Friendship creates only the illusion of not being alone.