“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.”

“The sun shines not on us but in us. The rivers flow not past, but through us...The trees wave and the flowers bloom in our bodies as well as our souls, and every bird song, wind song, and tremendous storm song of the rocks in the heart of the mountains is our song, our very own, and sings our love.”

“Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing—and keeping the unknown always beyond you.”

“You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can’t, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world...The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even but a millimeter the way people look at reality, then you can change it.”

“A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel...A self is always becoming.”

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

“The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.”

“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.”

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”

“All good things are wild + free.”