The backside of a mountain is a fight against human nature. You have to care as much about yourself on the way down as you did on the way up.

I don't know about Heaven or Hell, but I do know that we are visited all the time by the spirits of those who affected us in life.

Silence was his escape, but silence is rarely a refuge.

Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else.

Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do somehing else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn't. You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted.

The most important elements of faith [are] believing in something bigger than yourself, taking care of those less fortunate than you.

Being unheard is the ground floor of giving up, and giving up is the ground floor of doing yourself in. It’s not so much, what’s the point? It’s more like, what’s the difference?