Elle

“I knew more than anyone that nature didn’t care for reputation, age, gender, or background. It was equally indifferent to personality: the mountain couldn’t give a shit if the people exploring it were morally nasty or nice.”
― Nimsdai Purja, Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone

“It’s so weird when people don’t go outside to enjoy the rain, or to see a rainbow when it appears, because they’re ‘in the middle of something’. It’s like, I’m sorry? Do you have better things to do? Like, what better things are there to do? What pressing or urgent matters could they possibly be to attend to? It’s fucking raining! There might be a fucking rainbow! Beings from other planets and dimensions would do anything to be a part of this into witness this shit! Get outside, dammit!”
― Madeleine Ryan, A Room Called Earth

“I believe that if you don not listen to your heart on this matter, you will regret it forever.”
― Andrew Davidson, The Gargoyle

“Remember that life is short and full of surprises. If you wait too long, opportunities fade like setting sun.”
― Deborah Rodriguez, The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul