“The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project”
― The Second Sex
― The Second Sex
“Time disappears, and it is just me and the mountain, and the wind. I have always been in this windstorm, I think, as I fight my way forward. And I will always be in this windstorm. Up ahead, on a ridge, is a single tree. Someday, I think, I am going to be reincarnated as that tree. As punishment for every choice I've ever made. Or as a reward. ”
― Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart: An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail
― Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart: An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail
“It's no good fooling about with love you know. You can't fall into it like a soft job without dirtying up your hands. It takes muscle and guts. If you can't bear the thought of messing up your nice, tidy soul, you better give up the whole idea of life and become a saint, because you'll never make it as a human being. It's either this world... or the next.”
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“One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs,
Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
“In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back, into safety. -Abraham Maslow”
― Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart: An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail
― Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart: An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail
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