“The more you try to protect yourself from love, the more pain you bring to yourself and those that love you”

“Music helps us drift away to places of tranquility, happiness, sadness, & imagination.”

“Don't waste your time being envious of what you don't have or who you want to be. Instead, focus on what you do have and who you can become.”

“Funny how things work themselves out. Things happen that split up family and friends, then things happen that bring them back together. Everyone is in your life for a reason. My hope is for all the...”

“Don't waste your time chasing things that will never be beneficial to your future.”

“I love rainstorms...the thunder, lightning, wind, all of it. So much going on at once, so many emotions...just like me.”

“I cannot express how lordly and transfigured I felt at that moment. I was a prince of that harbor, a porpoise king - slim among the buoys and the water traffic.”

“This [sand-dollar hunting] had become one of our rituals together, and though she would search for other varieties of shells when I was out of town or unable to see her, she would wait until I appe...”

“Over the drop, a luminous pond lay below them like a pale magic lantern. It was as if the moon had plummeted into the water and smashed open. Engulfed in darkness, with only a scatter of stars abov...”

“In every voyage, be fully present.”

“When the reality looks extraordinarily unreal, you must know that you are in an extraordinarily beautiful place!”

“Wherever you travel to, I would love to receive a beautiful postcard.”

“Two things you will never have to chase: True friends & true love.”

“Chasing money to please society.”

“The love in your heart is greater than all the stars the sky could even hope to have. Hold onto that love, and it will take you higher than the stars themselves.”