...nós somos tão indestrutíveis como acreditamos ser.

I just want to do something that matters. Or be something that matters. I just want to matter.

I wondered if hurdlers ever thought, you know, "This would go faster if we just got rid of the hurdles.

What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? How very odd, to believe God gave you life, and yet not think that life asks more of you than watching TV.

Books—they weren't ladders out of the abyss, but they were companions.

They say what doesn't kill the soul will make you stronger, but you can't be a stone-hearted man.