Inertia is so easy—don't fix what's not broken. Leave well enough alone. So we end up accepting what is broken, mistaking complaining for action, procrastinating for deliberation.

You know, there are easier ways to meet a guy than to run him over.

There is a time to study a map passionately, obsessively. To see where you've gone, where others have gone before you. To commit to memory every obstacle, every danger. Shakespeare had a term for this obsession: mappery. But there is a time, too, when you say, come dragons. I challenge you to find me.

You can see beauty in everything, except for yourself.

You know, sometimes the most direct route isn't the right one. - Jacob

What was so miraculous about a relationship that was based more on my gratitude than on mutual self respect?

I wondered about her chicken-and-egg relationship with Dad. Which came first? Her helplessness or his controlling?