Nick Levy > Quotes

“We travel to find ourselves, only to learn we are creating ourselves with each step.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“Big rewards often required looking silly. And peeing your pants, evidently.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“It means the real reason we’re here is entirely up to you. You decide, Ellie. You make the meaning.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“Thank you, Pachamama. Thank you for life. Thank you for everything.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“Forgive your desires. Forgive your mistakes. Fall in love with yourself, every day.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“everybody was on their own trip—not just in traveling, but in life.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“If you couldn’t see it, you wouldn’t believe this existed. But how can we possibly comprehend something so vast? Something with hundreds of billions of stars and planets? Something still expanding?”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“It’s not easy,” Carla agreed. “But we wouldn’t want to forget all those things that’ve happened to us or we wouldn’t be us anymore.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“thousands of tropical fish of the brightest yellow. They moved in perfect harmony, like the world’s largest ballet performance.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“I am the luckiest girl alive.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“All you need is one second of courage. Just one second. The rest will take care of itself.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“life has many swings and roundabouts, so just relax, be open, and enjoy the journey. Not only will there be new places, but also new people.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“you could impact the world. All you had to do was try.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“Getting your butt off the couch has wonderful, unknowable, consequences.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“Work until you’re sixty-five and then—if still breathing—go see the world? Screw that.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“Ellie took a long drink of water and thought about how amazing it was that one simple decision to pull up her anchor and let the wind catch her sails, as Donna had inadvertently suggested, led her to this point. To actually achieve her dream of traveling, instead of just fantasizing about it.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“Ellie knew where she was going, but wasn’t sure if she would return from Machu Picchu as the same person.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“You had to be inspired by their resilience, their ability to find joy in the face of dreadful poverty.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“The beauty here…it’s unparalleled. No wonder the Incas considered this place sacred. It looks like it was put here by the gods.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“If you wanted to observe the heavens, the Atacama Desert was the best place on earth to do it.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“Once you accept that life isn’t perfect—and never will be—you’ll be free to enjoy life as it is, with all its fuckin’ ridiculous twists and turns. Remember, we don’t have nearly as many days as we’d like. And it can all be over in an instant.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“There’s a Latin proverb that says you will never know yourself better than when you are far from home, in a land that doesn’t speak your language, and cut off from all communication.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“Sometimes you meet a person you know will be with you forever.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“Stop blaming. Stop criticizing. Stop overthinking. You’ll never be at peace unless you love yourself first.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“A miracle back then. A gift for us today.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“this trip would mark a turning point in her life. There would be before South America, and after South America. Her life, and herself, would never be the same.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“That’s what dreams are for, right? To provide hope for the future, but also to be fought for. Otherwise they remain unfulfilled—and so do we.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“Gotta keep moving forward. Small steps, in learning and in life.”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To

“An explanation for everything. A purpose in life. And it’s so simple to belong to something bigger than yourself because all it takes is saying ‘yes’ to the question humans have asked since the beginning of our existence—Is there a higher power?”
― Nick Levy, This Book Belongs To