Stop Drifting, Start Rowing: One Woman's Search for Happiness and Meaning Alone on the Pacific Quotes

I stopped rowing for a moment to glug down some water, but it was warm, tasted of plastic, and failed to refresh. I yearned for an ice-cold drink—preferably one with bubbles and alcohol in it.

Stop Drifting, Start Rowing: One Woman's Search for Happiness and Meaning Alone on the Pacific

The restorative effect of a tasty dinner is quite remarkable. When the going gets tough, the tough get cooking.

Stop Drifting, Start Rowing: One Woman's Search for Happiness and Meaning Alone on the Pacific

The Milky Way swooped diagonally across the heavens, reminding me of my utter insignificance, and at the same time my complete interconnection with everything. I was just a tiny speck of consciousness, and yet I was consciousness itself.

Stop Drifting, Start Rowing: One Woman's Search for Happiness and Meaning Alone on the Pacific

I have tried hard to be a good person and to leave the world a better place. To feel that I have in any small way succeeded is to me a prize beyond measure, the most wonderful wealth that I could ask for, a form of prosperity that I would wish for th...

Stop Drifting, Start Rowing: One Woman's Search for Happiness and Meaning Alone on the Pacific