“You gain power by pretending to be weak. By contrast, you make people feel strong. You save people by letting them save you.”

“You gain power by pretending to be weak.”

“a park ranger is a protector. You protect the land from the people, the people from the land, the people from each other, and the people from themselves. It's what you are trained to do without even thinking, a reflexive and unconditional act. If you're lucky, you get assigned to people who seem worth saving and land and waters whose situation is not hopeless. If not, you save them anyway. And maybe in time, saving them will make them worth it.”

“You cannot save people. You can only love them.”

“Don't let the worst people get the best of you. Save it for the best people instead".”

“Fate does not invite ugly boring people to save the world; and if you do try to save the world (without being beautiful, strong, clever, or wise), you will soon die pointlessly and how much adventure is there in that?”