“Narrow the focus, take the ascent one step at a time, and it's amazing what odds a man can beat.”

“Fear is the most insidious of weaknesses. You must learn to raze it from your soul, or risk defeat in all you do.”

“I didn't die, and that's the point. Doesn't matter how close you come if you walk away whole.”

“Still the noise in the mind: that is the first task - then everything else will follow in time.”

“Jake and Chris talk through art and discover they have so much in common it's amazing. Like, They Could Be Boyfriends If They Didn't Like Vaginas So Much Amazing. ”

“If you're a lumberjack, you know what to do. You see trees, and you still have a job! If you're a writer, you see a blank page. You don't know if you still have a job. You might have great ideas—you may have no ideas.”

“Love is not always as you see it in the movies. It's hard, but it is amazing still. When you find it, it will stay with you even long after you believe it's gone.”