within the chaos of our shame and disappointment and rage there is meaning, and within that meaning is the possibility of rescue. - Cheryl Strayed

There are so many things to be tortured about. So many torturous things in this life. Don’t let someone who doesn’t love you be one of them.

I’d set out to hike the trail so that I could reflect upon my life, to think about everything that had broken me and make myself whole again.

I hope you will be surprised and knowing at once. I hope you'll always have love. I hope you'll always have a good sense of humour. I hope when people ask what you're going to do with your English and/or creative writing degree you'll say: Continue my bookish examination of the contradictions and complexities of human motivation and desire; or maybe just: Carry it with me, as I do everything that matters.