“Life is a journey, Frannie darling," Feagan had once told me. "Choose well those with whom you travel."
As always, I've followed Feagan's counsel.”

“I had become, with the approach of night, once more aware of loneliness and time - those two companions without whom no journey can yield us anything.”

Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990) British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer

“I've always followed my father's advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be goddamn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble.”

John Wayne (1907–1979) American film actor

“It is God to whom and with whom we travel, and while He is the end of our journey, He is also at every stopping place.”

Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015) American missionary

“I support a woman's right to choose up until viability of the fetus. As Governor of New Mexico, I would have signed a bill banning late-term abortion. I've always favored parental notification, I've always favored counseling, and I've always favored the notion that public funds should not be used for abortion.”

Gary Johnson (1953) American politician, businessman, and 29th Governor of New Mexico

“Anytime you travel through life, [emotional] baggage is apart of the journey. It’s not about not having baggage, it’s about learning to travel lighter and lighter.”

Marcus Orelias (1993) American actor, rapper, songwriter, author and entrepreneur

“The saddest journey in the world is the one that follows a precise itinerary. Then you're not a traveler. You're a f@@king tourist.”

Guillermo del Toro (1964) Mexican film director

“Life is a challenge" he once told me, "and only those who rise to the challenge truly know what it means to live.”

Darren Shan book Vampire Mountain

“Well, I've had a happy life.”

William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English writer

“It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, — "Always do what you are afraid to do."”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet