But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you … In his hand is the life of every creature and the bre… - Bear Grylls

I love the quote she once gave me: “When supply seems to have dried up, look around you quickly for something to give away.” It is a law of the universe: to get good things you must first give away good things. (And of course this applies to love and friendship, as well.)

Tents don't repair themselves. Neither do relationships. Fix the small rips before the next storm hits.

Sir Edmund Hillary, Everest’s first conqueror, once said that the mountains gave him strength. I’d never really understood this until now. But it was intoxicating.
Something deep inside me knew that I could do this.