समुद्र में मैंने सीखा कि इंसान को जीने के लिए कितनी कम चीज़ों की ज़रूरत होती है, न कि कितनी ज़्यादा।

At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much.

At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much.

अगर आसमान हमेशा नीला रहे तो ज़िंदगी काफी उबाऊ हो जाएगी।

Life would be pretty monotonous if the sky was always blue.

Life would be pretty monotonous if the sky was always blue.

ज़िंदगी के हादसों से पूरी तरह कोई नहीं बच सकता। अगर ली के साथ कुछ भी अनहोनी हो जाए—और ऐसा होना मेरे लिए सब कुछ खत्म होने जैसा होगा—फिर भी मुझे यही लगेगा कि मैंने उसके लिए सही किया। चाहे सफलता मिले या असफलता, वह अपनी तकदीर लिख रहा है। हम सबकी ज़िंदगी एक ही बार मिलती है, किसी की छोटी तो किसी की लंबी। वह ज़िंदगी से प्यार करता है और दूसरों के डर से लीक पर चलने या भीड़ का हिस्सा बनकर रह जाने के बजाय ज़िंदगी को खुलकर जीना चाहता है।

Nobody can be entirely protected from the mishaps of life. If anything should happen to Lee – and it would be the end of me if it did – I would still feel that I did the right thing for him. Success or failure, he is fulfilling his destiny. We all have only one life, some are short and some are long. He loves life and wants a little more out of it than to follow convention out of fear of what others may think, or to be just another face in the crowd that follows the herd.

Nobody can be entirely protected from the mishaps of life. If anything should happen to Lee – and it would be the end of me if it did – I would still feel that I did the right thing for him. Success or failure, he is fulfilling his destiny. We all have only one life, some are short and some are long. He loves life and wants a little more out of it than to follow convention out of fear of what others may think, or to be just another face in the crowd that follows the herd.