"Cultivate the habit of early rising. It is unwise to keep the head long on a level with the feet."

“I know I'll work, but not when or where. I never know what to pack.”

“I made it the mantra of those days; when I paused before yet another series of switchbacks or skidded down knee-jarring slopes, when patches of flesh peeled off my feet along with my socks, when I lay alone and lonely in my tent at night I asked, often out loud: Who is tougher than me? The answer was always the same, and even when I knew absolutely there was no way on this earth that it was true, I said it anyway: No one.”

Source : Cheryl Strayed (2012). “Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found”, p.84, Atlantic Books Ltd

“If there is no God, there is no hope.”

Source : "The Boykin affair" by Mark Thompson, www.cnn.com. October 27, 2003.

“Traditionally, the love of reading has been born and nurtured in high school English class”

“Everyone should understand that getting good photos is paramount to everything. You have to do what it takes and often comfort and sleep are the first casualties of an assignment.”

“A named thing is a tamed thing.”

“Translation is the art of failure.”

“If there's something that I really need to say that I can't say by speaking to someone, I usually write it in a song or a letter to someone.”

Source : Source: www.cnn.com