“The art of being a warrior is to balance the wonder and the terror of being alive.”

“A warrior must cultivate the feeling that he has everything needed for the extravagant journey that is his life. What counts for a warrior is being alive. Life in itself is sufficient, self-explanatory and complete.”

“Alltami (n.)

The ancient art of being able to balance the hot and cold shower taps.”

“Once you lose that sense of wonder at being alive, you're pretty much on the way out…”

“Hell is being alive, and being alive is all there is.”

“Hooking on scuba gear and blindly diving into zombie-infested water is a wonderful way to mix the two childhood terrors of being eaten and drowning.”

“The key to being a warrior is not to be afraid of who you are.”

“Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors. And this I will tell you as well: One cannot seek to uphold honor in a being that has none.”

“Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than freedom.”

“Something is always born of excess: great art was born of great terror, great loneliness, great inhibitions, instabilities, and it always balances them.”