“I found myself in a sea in which the waves of joy and sorrow were clashing against each other.”— Naguib Mahfouz Related Quotes “The life most of us live are lives we are forced to live by immediate needs, influences, and pressures.”— Walter Mosley “Mom wanted me to fight. To live.I’d just never dreamed that I’d have to do it alone.”— Debra Driza “We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us.”— John Muir