“Returning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking; You have grown outside the puzzle and your piece no longer fits.”
“Your journey has molded you for your greater good, and it was exactly what it needed to be. Don t think you ve lost time. There is no short-cutting to life. It took each and every situation you have encountered to bring you to the now. And now is right on time.”
“The journey is the treasure.”
“How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.”
“The best parts of life are the things we can t plan. And it s a lot harder to find happiness if you re only searching in one place. Sometimes, you just have to throw away the map. Admit that you don t know where you re going and stop pressuring yourself to figure it out. Besides...a map is a life someone else already lived. It s more fun to make your own.”
“No single decision you ever made has led in a straight line to where you find yourself now. You peeked down some roads and took a few steps before turning back. You followed some roads that came to a dead end and others that got lost at too many intersections. Ultimately, all roads are connected to all other roads.”
“We’ve been focusing so much on getting there that we haven’t been enjoying the ride”
“A labyrinth is a symbolic journey . . . but it is a map we can really walk on, blurring the difference between map and world.”
“Whether we like it or not, we all come from someplace. And at some point in our lives, we have to make peace with that place.”
“Going?’ Vin asked, perking up. ‘ But you just got in!” ‘ That’s the funny thing about arriving somewhere, Vin.’ he said with a wink. “Once you’re there, the only thing you can really do is leave again.”
“All my life I ve always come back to one thing, my need to feel free and the need to feel the breeze, the ride provides a freedom this gypsy needs, where every road is another blessed memory, a new experience to carry inside my journey, a sense of belonging to a familiar tribe, a brotherhood that goes beyond a bloodline.”
“You are not on a journey to God; you are on a journey WITH God.”
“It s time, Old Captain, lift anchor, sink! The land rots; we shall sail into the night; if now the sky and sea are black as ink our hearts, as you must know, are filled with light. Only when we drink poison are we well — we want, this fire so burns our brain tissue, to drown in the abyss — heaven or hell, who cares? Through the unknown, we ll find the new. ( Le Voyage )”
“Funny how question contains the word quest inside it, as though any small question asked is a journey through briars.”
“Individually, every grain of sand brushing against my hands represents a story, an experience, and a block for me to build upon for the next generation.”
“All these people moving through life, all around me, and no one, not a single person, knows what I m going through.”
“We never know the journey another person has walked, so be kind to everyone.”