And there are new kinds of nomads, not people who are at home everywhere, but who are at home nowhere. I was one of them

Real travel would be to see the world, for even an instant, with another's eyes

I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there's no going back.

The good Lord in his ultimate wisdom gave us three things to make life bearable: hope, jokes, and dogs, but the greatest of these was dogs.

It is better to proceed with one's duty in the service of others than wallow in the pain attachments bring

I believe that the subconscious always knows what is best. It is our conditional, vastly overrated rational mind which screws everything up.

There are some moments in life that are like pivots around which your existence turns—small intuitive flashes, when you know you have done something correct for a change, when you think you are on the right track. I watched a pale dawn streak the cliffs with Day-glo and realized this was one of them. It was a moment of pure, uncomplicated confidence—and lasted about ten seconds.