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“I was born on the Colorado River at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, thirty-five years after my initial birth in New York City.”
― Patricia McCairen, Canyon Solitude: A Woman's Solo River Journey Through the Grand Canyon

“Alone in the wilderness, I am forced to come face to face with myself until the layers of doubt and insecurity fall away and I reach the core of my being.”
― Patricia McCairen, Canyon Solitude: A Woman's Solo River Journey Through the Grand Canyon

“If we abide by other people's standards, we become shadows of ourselves. Too often when I am with other people I hand over my freedom and values as if they are the price of admission to companionship.”
― Patricia McCairen, Canyon Solitude: A Woman's Solo River Journey Through the Grand Canyon

“The despair of staying proved greater than the fear of going.”
― Patricia McCairen, Canyon Solitude: A Woman's Solo River Journey Through the Grand Canyon

“As the weeks passed, I expected the memory of the trip to fade, my life to return to normal. But the wildness and freedom I had touched upon so briefly continued to haunt me. Something deeper had happened, something I didn't understand. A stranger had emerged in the canyon, and she fought to remain present. I tried to stuff her back wherever she had came from but she wouldn't have it...she threw fits living in a box.”
― Patricia McCairen, Canyon Solitude: A Woman's Solo River Journey Through the Grand Canyon