Josh

“The more women there are about, the softer a wise man steps.”
― Robert Jordan, The Fires of Heaven

“I don't like either the word [hike] or the thing. People ought to saunter in the mountains - not 'hike!' Do you know the origin of that word saunter? It's a beautiful word. Away back in the middle ages people used to go on pilgrimages to the Holy Land, and when people in the villages through which they passed asked where they were going they would reply, 'A la sainte terre', 'To the Holy Land.' And so they became known as sainte-terre-ers or saunterers. Now these mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not 'hike' through them.”
― John Muir

“The best place to start an adventure is with a quiet, perfect life... And someone who realizes that it can't possibly be enough.”
― Kevin J. Anderson, Clockwork Angels

“Being an irreligious puritan and a rational mystic, I think it's irresponsible to let a belief think for you or a chemical dream for you.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Books of Earthsea