Jon Krakauer

“When you forgive, you love.”

— Jon Krakauer

Short form media is reductionist by nature.

— Jon Krakauer

Mountains make poor receptacles for dreams.

— Jon Krakauer

“Relish the hardship.”

— Jon Krakauer

“the romantic waste places of the world.”

— Jon Krakauer

“A bunch of small satisfactions that added up to something like happiness.”

— Jon Krakauer

“The truth of war is not always easy. The truth is always more heroic than the hype.”

— Jon Krakauer

Rob Hall was, without doubt, the most competent guide in mountaineering.

— Jon Krakauer

Common sense is no match for the voice of God.

— Jon Krakauer

Military investigations are designed not to find anyone guilty.

— Jon Krakauer

Its not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong.

— Jon Krakauer

“We understand that honor, truth and hard work win in the end. We are Montana.”

— Jon Krakauer

If you want a blank spot on the map, you gotta leave the map behind.

— Jon Krakauer

I've had a lot of crappy jobs, but one of my favorites was working as a commercial fisherman in Alaska. What I…

— Jon Krakauer

weeping...betraying a sense of loss so huge and irreparable that the mind balks at taking its measure.

— Jon Krakauer

“Many decisions are made in our lifetime, Most relatively insignificant while others life altering”

— Jon Krakauer

Military investigations are designed not to find anyone guilty. And you can't investigate up the chain of command, which is a huge…

— Jon Krakauer

I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here... rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth.

— Jon Krakauer

“We like companionship, see, but we can't stand to be around people for very long. So we go get ourselves lost, come…

— Jon Krakauer

The only person you are fighting is yourself and your stubbornness to engage in new circumstances.

— Jon Krakauer

In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber's actions can affect the welfare of the entire team.

— Jon Krakauer

“I [Lorna Craig] would say that teaching a girl that her salvation depends on her having sexual relations with a married man…

— Jon Krakauer

He was unheeded, happy, and near to the wild heart of life. He was alone and young and wilful and wildhearted, alone…

— Jon Krakauer

“...I quickly came to understand that climbing Everest was primarily about enduring pain. And in subjecting ourselves to week after week of…

— Jon Krakauer

When I went to Everest, I underestimated things. I just didn't know what altitude could do. Or the cold - I especially…

— Jon Krakauer

“Nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s…

— Jon Krakauer

To the contrary: His life hummed with meaning and purpose. But the meaning he wrested from existence lay beyond the comfortable path:…

— Jon Krakauer

Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th Century invention and I don't want one. You don’t need to worry about me;…

— Jon Krakauer

“they share this common idea that a rapist is a guy in a ski mask, wielding a knife, who drags women into…

— Jon Krakauer

“It is easy when you are young to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to assume…

— Jon Krakauer

“For years he had complained that political leaders were disregarding their sworn duty to safeguard the Mormons' constitutionally guaranteed freedom to worship…

— Jon Krakauer

“It seems more than a little patronizing for Westerners to lament the loss of the good old days when life in the…

— Jon Krakauer

“Alex here. (...) Ron, I really enjoy all the help you have given me and the times we spent together. I hope…

— Jon Krakauer

“The religious literature handed out by the earnest young missionaries in Temple Square makes no mention of the fact that Joseph Smith--still…

— Jon Krakauer

“I'd like to repeat the advice that I gave you before, in that I think you really should make a radical change…

— Jon Krakauer

“Pat was a serious listener. He was one of the first people who really challenged my ideas: 'Do you really believe that?…

— Jon Krakauer

“When narcissists are confronted by people who disparage the legitimacy of their extravagant claims, they tend to react badly. They may plunge…

— Jon Krakauer

Heaven, for me, is one focused project - it's like a weird form of autism.

— Jon Krakauer

“The boy unmasked the gaping void in Franz's life even as he helped fill it.”

— Jon Krakauer

“buffeted by the passions and longings of youth.”

— Jon Krakauer