“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I’m still trying to figure out how that could be.”

“But a long-distance romance can be a beautiful thing. It builds trust and commitment very early on in the relationship and gives way for more deeper and meaningful conversations. There’s more time for solitude, self-exploration and inner growth for the both of you and there’s more room for appreciation and less space for possession. There’s more magic when you kiss the lips of the person you love after thirty days of not seeing each other knowing that he or she will always be your destination.”

“There are things that have to be forgotten if you want to go on living.”

“Make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. If you want to get more out of life, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty.”