“Is there such a thing as being too happy?”

“Thats what mountains do, they taunt you, lure you to the freedom of the wilderness, and it is fucking exhilarating.”

“When youre in the wild, theres nothing to hide behind. No bars or credit cards or movie theatres or cell phones or credentials or security. Youre just alone with yourself. You look around and lose ...”

“Her eyes remind me of the Pacific: Raging. Fearless. Restless.”

“Who am I fooling? Bad dreams never end. We just pretend they arent there.”

“Sleeping is much safer than the nightmare Im living. When I sleep I feel nothing and I do nothing and I see nothing and nothing matters and no one cares. Theres no one to hurt or disappoint or noti...”

“The future says:Dear mortals;I know you are busy with your colourful lives;I have no wish to waste the little time that remainsOn arguments and heated debates;But before I can appearPlease, close y...”

“The intensity of my grief hits the mountains across Eclipse Sound, and then echoes throughout Arctic. Theres nobody around. I can barely see the town below the hill, nestled within the valley of ba...”

“8. Santa Claus is concerned about the problem of Arctic ice. The ice is the spouse of the elves, and she is sick. She is the primary source of their magic, as the elves cannot be separated from the...”

“The loveliest roses sometimes bear the ugliest thorns.”

“She is the fragrance of a dozen jasmines.”

“Anyone can love a rose, but only a saint can love its thorns.”

“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”

“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”

“This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today.”