I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.

I don't want to be a passenger in my own life

We live on the leash of our senses.

Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains.

I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.

I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and deeply spiritual, glorifying the smallest life-form and embracing the most distant stars.