“I was surprised, as always, be how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt. The world was suddenly rich with possibility.”

All of life is a foreign country.

The silence was an intense roar.

This is the story of America. Everybody’s doing what they think they’re supposed to do.

But, outside of being a sweet little girl, she was awfully dumb and capable of doing horrible things.

The best teacher is experience and not through someone’s distorted point of view.

My aunt once said that the world would never find peace until men fell at their women’s feet and asked for forgiveness.

It’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.

Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.

There was nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing to do was go.

No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength.

Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.

Don’t tell them too much about your soul. They’re waiting for just that.

He had no place he could stay in without getting tired of it and because there was nowhere to go but everywhere, keep rolling under the stars.

Genius gives birth, talent delivers.

Believe in the holy contour of life.

I promise I shall never give up, and that I’ll die yelling & laughing.

I try to not read about myself. I think it’s easier to have it out of sight and out of mind.

The easiest way to establish a dictatorship is to claim you are God’s representative on earth.

Missing you is the cruelest thing I could do to my heart, and maybe that’s why I do it: its easier to hurt myself than love myself.

People are so into digital recording now they forgot how easy analog recording can be.

I still care about people but it would be so much easier not to care. I don’t want to get too close; I don’t like to touch things.

The big difference for me is that, as I get older, I find it’s a lot easier to stay in shape than it is to get back in shape.

The best way to take it easy is to go easy on yourself.

I wouldn’t say I’m a feminist, but I don’t like girls pretending to be stupid because it’s easier.