“You need to be willing to wipe the slate clean and admit that you may not know everything about running. This is the best advice I can give for staying injury-free”
“...you betrayed me, but after all those years I discover, my tears have wiped the slate clean...”
“The work of man is done behind the back of the natural world. When nature notices, and can muster the energy, it wipes the slate clean again.”
“Life is grace. Sleep is forgiveness. The night absolves. Darkness wipes the slate clean, not spotless to be sure, but clean enough for another day's chalking.”
“You know more about your child than I can ever hope to know, what advice can you give me to make a better teacher for her?”
“The hunger will give you everything and it will take from you, everything. It will cost you your life, and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it. But knowing this, of course, is what ultimately sets you free.”