I had been walking in silence for so long,I had almost forgotten what my own voice sounded like.My knees were tired;my toes were beginning to ache.

As I grow older, much older, I will experience many things, and I will hit rock bottom again and again. Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won't let my spirit be destroyed.

Everything that had happened was shockingly beautiful, enough to make you crazy.

People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces. Defeat comes from within.

I felt how important the simplest things were, like feeling proud, finding something funny, stretching yourself, retreating into yourself.

Once you've recognized your own limits, you've raised yourself to a higher level of being, since you're closer to the real you.

It was at once a miracle and the most natural thing in the world.