“Running is the heart of what it means to be human.”
“...the real purpose of running isn’t to win a race. It’s to test the limits of the human heart.”
“Dignity was the first quality to be abandoned when the heart took over the running of human affairs.”
“Know why people run marathons? …Because running is rooted in our collective imagination, and our imagination is rooted in running. Language, art, science; space shuttles, Starry Night, intravascular surgery; they all had their roots in our ability to run. Running was the superpower that made us human — which means its a superpower all humans posses.”
“Fairyland is the loveliest word because it means everything the human heart desires.”
“It means the third rail has seven hundred volts of direct current running through it. Touch it and you're human popcorn”