Sacredness of tears

"There is sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness but of power.  They are messengers of overwhelming grief and of unspeakable love."

 - Washington Irving

Freedom

"In the desert I had found a freedom unattainable in civilization;

a life unhampered by possessions,

since everything that was not a necessity was an encumbrance.

I had found too, a comradeship inherent in the circumstances,

and the belief that tranquility was to be found there."

-Wilfred Thesiger