“It was the work of the quiet mountains, this torrent of purity at my feet.”

“Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.”

“I heard the Denver and Rio Grande locomotives howling off in to the mountains. I wanted to pursue my star further.”

“and silence is the golden mountain”

“My aunt once said that the world would never find peace until men fell at their women's feet and asked for forgiveness. ”

“I wished I could explain it to those I loved, my mother, to Japhy, but there just weren't any words to describe the nothingness and purity of it. "Is there a certain and definite teaching to be given to all living creatures?" was the question probably asked to beetle browed snowy Dipankara, and his answer was the roaring silence of the diamond.”

“Parade my trouble in front of you guys? Make you realize that my heart is broken . . . that as long as I live I'll have chains dragging me down to the oceans of sad tears that my feet are wet in already.”