I always want to write something better than the last book.

And I can imagine Farmer saying he doesn't care if no one else is willing to follow their example. He's still going to make these hikes, he'd insist, because if you say that seven hours is too long to walk for two families of patients, you're saying that their lives matter less than some others', and the idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that's wrong with the world.

Don't worry about being worried. You're heading out on an adventure and you can always change your mind along the way and try something else.

I do believe in God. I think God has given so much power to people, and intelligence, and said, 'Well, you are on your own. Maybe I'm tired, I need a nap. You are mature. Why don't you look after yourselves?' And I think He's been sleeping too much.

My big struggle is how people can not care, erase, not remember.

... "You may not see the ocean, but right now we are in the middle of the ocean, and we have to keep swimming.

Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world and in time