“I'm convinced that a lot of people run ultramarathons for the same reason they take mood-altering drugs. I don't mean to minimize the gifts of friendship, achievement, and closeness to nature that I've received in my running carer. But the longer and farther I ran, the more I realized that what I was often chasing was a state of mind - a place where worries that seemed monumental melted away, where the beauty and timelessness of the universe, of the present moment, came into sharp focus.”
― Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
― Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
“...things get broken, and sometimes they get repaired, and in most cases, you realize that no matter what gets damaged, life rearranges itself to compensate for your loss, sometimes wonderfully.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
“Some couples buy pots and pans when they move in together. Ulay and I began planning how to make art together.”
― Walk Through Walls: A Memoir
― Walk Through Walls: A Memoir
“Sunt ca un Stradivarius pe care ai cânta sârba țigănească”
― Jurnalul unei fete greu de mulţumit
― Jurnalul unei fete greu de mulţumit
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