"Even if I were not able to find my sword, the pilgrimage along the Road to Santiago was going to help me to find myself." Chapter 1, p. 14

"In my haste, I had forgotten the most elementary rules of self-protection and had thrown myself body and soul into the arms of the first stranger I had met." Chapter 2, p. 22

"This immensity made me very anxious; it created a terrible fear that I would not be able to succeed - that I was too small for this task." Chapter 2, p. 32

"It is the road that teaches us the best way to get there, and the road enriches us as we walk its length." Chapter 3, p. 40-41

"Petrus thought my relationship to God was based too much on concept, on intellect and on reasoning; I felt that his was too simplistic and intuitive." Chapter 4, p. 52

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