Take off my clothes and there becomes a man. Take off my skin and there becomes my bones. Break all my bones and there becomes my heart. Smash my heart and there becomes my soul. And that you cannot take. And what is my soul?...It is everything that make a man. It is everything that makes this man.

Heavy rains and a good book. A perfect extravagance.

And I don't care what age you are, kissing in the rain is the best.

It's through traveling you make the great journey into yourself, and it's the clarity of extremes in traveling that forces you to meet yourself like you've never met yourself before.

I travel because I become uncomfortable being too comfortable.

I travel because it makes me realize how much I haven't seen, how much I'm not going to see, and how much I still need to see.

Get someone-anyone-to read books to you. Having books read to you at any age is the supremo ultimato of living.

It’s a heck of a responsibility to look after a spirit. So give kids the best of who you are. That’s the most you can ever do.

Wake up. Be thankful. For whatever happens on this day, you are endlessly given the chance to start again-to be alive. And all of us should wish for that.