You entered a marathon with hills? You idiot.

Avoid any diet that discourages the use of hot fudge.

Without ice cream there would be darkness and chaos.

Coaches know that a parent publicly scolding his kid after a race will not help the athlete perform better.

No doubt a brain and some shoes are essential for marathon success, although if it comes down to a choice, pick the shoes. More people finish marathons with no brains than with no shoes.

I know runners who have suffered a tick bite and ended up with Lyme disease. Ill take an angry moose any day.

Runners like to train 100 miles per week because it's a round number. But I think 88 is a lot rounder.

Grizzly bears eat people without the benefit of music.

We (ultra runners) alternate between depression and stupidity.

There's no such thing as a bad carbohydrate.

A good teammate is someone willing to get outside of personal thoughts and emotions, a friend who tries to understand, appreciate, and encourage other members of the team.

Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?

Once she kissed me, my heart slowed, and every muscle in my body relaxed. How much I needed her terrified me. -pg 252/ARC

But what is the point of buying vegetables in plastic bags? Everything from the supermarket smells of plastic. Everything from the market smells like it’s supposed to.

The larger the pile of rubble you leave behind, the larger your place in the historical record!

You put the thing that does the killing between your teeth, but you never give it the power to kill you

In wildness is the salvation of the world.

This is me.’" He handed her the precious scrap of paper. ‘Call me or I’ll call you, but one of us will call, yes? What I mean is it’s not a competition. You don’t lose if you phone first

After a stronghold has been made of the bones, it is covered with flesh and blood, and there dwell in it old age and death, pride and deceit.

I have a whole guard room full of brawny veterans who'd enjoy a chance to drag two Eddisians out of here, particularly if you kicked a lot and they could kick you back.

Mistakes can't be erased, but they move you from your present position.