Christine Reed > Quotes

“I wonder how anyone could know that places like this exist and be completely disinterested in being here. The draw of the mountains pulls at my heart.”
― Christine Reed, Alone in Wonderland

“I have made it successfully from the beginning to somewhere else!”
― Christine Reed, Alone in Wonderland

“It’s the kind of place that sparkles in the morning light and I get the feeling I could have seen the fairies dancing, if only I had hit the trail a bit earlier.”
― Christine Reed, Alone in Wonderland

“Come to find out it wasn’t so much a trail name as it was a nickname from his regular life.”
― Christine Reed, Alone in Wonderland

“There is a saying in the backpacking community—“you pack your fears.”
― Christine Reed, Alone in Wonderland

“The past doesn’t always know the future. When we decide it’s time to grow and change, it’s not our past that tells us how. We look ahead at who we want to be and seek out a path to get there.”
― Christine Reed, Alone in Wonderland

“The comparison trap is easily laid because in the world of mountains, there will always be someone doing something bigger, better, and crazier.”
― Christine Reed, Alone in Wonderland

“it turns out, independence is not an identity. Identity is built on our relationships to others. To identify as independent, I am only defining my relationship to others as separate.”
― Christine Reed, Alone in Wonderland

“you wanna travel the world and fly with me?” He laughs. “Maybe!” I do. I really do. It’s hard to imagine anything more magical than this.”
― Christine Reed, Alone in Wonderland