What if I forgave myself? I thought. What if I forgave myself even though I'd done something I shouldn't have? What if I was a liar and a cheat and there was no excuse for what I'd done other than because it was what I wanted and needed to do? What if I was never redeemed? What if I already was?

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (ed. Vintage, 2012) - ISBN: 9780307957658