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Motorcycles I've Loved: A Memoir QUOTES

Motorcycles I've Loved: A Memoir QUOTES

1 " Riding that ridge between reason and recklessness, stillness and speed, is the first, maybe the most important, thing I learned about motorcycles. "

― , Motorcycles I've Loved: A Memoir

2 " There is a delicate ridge one must ride between fear and reason on a motorcycle—lean too far in either direction and there will be consequences. "

― , Motorcycles I've Loved: A Memoir

3 " A motorcycle is a vehicle of change, after all. It puts the wheels beneath a midlife crisis, or a coming-of-age saga, or even just the discovery of something new, something you didn't realize was there. It provides the means to cross over, to transition, or to revitalize; motorcycles are self-discovery's favorite vehicle. "

― , Motorcycles I've Loved: A Memoir

4 " On a motorcycle, I learned to let go of the vast uncertainty and focus instead on what is in front of me: the surface of the road and the curve of it, the vehicles in front and behind, the wind and the rain and the wildlife peeking out of the grass. There are times when I struggle to manage every last detail as it whips pat me, to hold on to past and present and future simultaneously, but they're not mine to understand, or control. I have to remind myself, again and again, that only this is mine: this moment, this heartbeat, this decision. "

― , Motorcycles I've Loved: A Memoir