“The woman who is my best friend, my teacher, my everything: Mom.”

“This journey has nourished my soul in a way I couldn't have imagined.”

“Guilt: it comes in so many subtle forms. It's carbon monoxide for the soul.”

“Life is to BIG that I'm suddenly overcome by the highs and lows of it.”

“With each stride, I realize I'm not so emotionally overwhelmed anymore. A sense of purpose and fulfillment has replaced my feelings of helplessness.”

“Have greater compassion and empathy for others, and don't judge anyone, because you have no idea what's going on in their life.”

“She was like the sun, She knew her place in the world - She would shine again regardless of all the storms and changeable weather She wouldn't adjust her purpose for things that pass.”

“I had less and became more.”

“To pretend is to say that Im willing to waste the precious energy that it takes to pretend, and Im unwilling to cultivate the bravery that it takes to be real. And I am at a complete loss to preten...”

“Ever have a dream so real you felt you could reach out and touch it?”

“The nearest thing we have to a defence against [the gods] (but there is no real defence) is to be very wide awake and sober and hard at work, to hear no music, never to look at earth or sky, and (a...”

“Today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well therefore to this day.”

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”

“All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings theres too much corruption in the world ”

“Its only when youre at the bottom of the ladder that you ascend.”