"Right on through today, my lungs and stamina are my engine. I'm not nearly the strongest guy or the most flexible, but I can definitely sustain pace on the mountain."

“Emotion seemed more valid than experience, for I had so much of the former and so little of the latter.”

Source : Helen Van Slyke (1988). “Helen Van Slyke, three complete novels”, Random House Value Pub

“My father and my mother separated when I was two.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“If trouble comes when you least expect it then maybe the thing to do is to always expect it.”

“Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.”

“There were no rules. There's no guide to follow. I would just trust my instincts for some unknown reason. Something inside me would say, "This guitar is not loud enough," and I wouldn't know why. You never know how to reach that point until you've reached it.”

Source : "Deerhoof". Interview with Marc Masters, pitchfork.com. February 26, 2006.

“I was cured all right.”

“I am gripped by an existential panic.”

“It's funny how the night that changes your life forever starts out like all the others.”