“The freedom of Cross Country is so primitive. It's woman vs. nature.”

“The footing was really atrocious. I loved it. I really like Cross Country; you're one with the mud.”

“I’ve never met another woman since you that I could trust with my life and yet never for a goddamn minute would I trust any word she says.”

“I've always been crazy but it's kept me from going insane.”

“The decline of geography in academia is easy to understand: we live in an age of ever-increasing specialization, and geography is a generalist's discipline. Imagine the poor geographer trying to explain to someone at a campus cocktail party (or even to an unsympathetic adminitrator) exactly what it is he or she studies. "Geography is Greek for 'writing about the earth.' We study the Earth.""Right, like geologists.""Well, yes, but we're interested in the whole world, not just the rocky bits. Geographers also study oceans, lakes, the water cycle...""So, it's like oceanography or hydrology.""And the atmosphere.""Meteorology, climatology...""It's broader than just physical geography. We're also interested in how humans relate to their planet.""How is that different from ecology or environmental science?""Well, it encompasses them. Aspects of them. But we also study the social and economic and cultural and geopolitical sides of--""Sociology, economics, cultural studies, poli sci.""Some geographers specialize in different world regions.""Ah, right, we have Asian and African and Latin American studies programs here. But I didn't know they were part of the geography department.""They're not."(Long pause.)"So, uh, what is it that do study then?”

“When empires fall, what becomes of the Queen? Everything will burn, and so will she.”

“Time does not heal, It makes a half-stiched scar That can be broken and again you feel Grief as total as in its first hour ”