“It is not impossibilities which fill us with the deepest despair, but possibilities which we have failed to realize.”

“How many pessimists end up desiring the things they fear, in order to prove they are right?”

“Puedes besar a cuantos sapos quieras, puedes convertirte en rana. Pero espero que no decidas quedarte así. Recuerda que si tienes ancas es para saltar alto.”

“La soledad por elección es a veces una barrera qué nos ponemos para no sentirnos heridos”

“Es muy poca la gente que entiende el concepto de soledad como algo bueno. La mayoría tiene miedo de no estar acompañada, y qué triste que no disfruten de su propia compañía.”

“Mountains seem to answer an increasing imaginative need in the West. More and more people are discovering a desire for them, and a powerful solace in them. At bottom, mountains, like all wildernesses, challenge our complacent conviction - so easy to lapse into - that the world has been made for humans by humans. Most of us exist for most of the time in worlds which are humanly arranged, themed and controlled. One forgets that there are environments which do not respond to the flick of a switch or the twist of a dial, and which have their own rhythms and orders of existence. Mountains correct this amnesia. By speaking of greater forces than we can possibly invoke, and by confronting us with greater spans of time than we can possibly envisage, mountains refute our excessive trust in the man-made. They pose profound questions about our durability and the importance of our schemes. They induce, I suppose, a modesty in us.”

“Without realizing it, we fill important places in each other’s lives. It’s that way with the guy at the corner grocery, the mechanic at the local garage, the family doctor, teachers, neighbors, coworkers. Good people who are always “there,” who can be relied upon in small, important ways. People who teach us, bless us, encourage us, support us, uplift us in the dailiness of life. We never tell them. I don’t know why, but we don’t.And, of course, we fill that role ourselves. There are those who depend in us, watch us, learn from us, take from us. And we never know.You may never have proof of your importance, but you are more important than you think. There are always those who couldn’t do without you. The rub is that you don’t always know who.”