Reader Quotes by Jon Krakauer

Early on a difficult climb, especially a solo climb, you’re hyper-aware of the abyss pulling at your back, constantly feeling its call, its immense…

— Jon Krakauer

“Climbing mattered. The danger bathed the world in a halogen glow that caused everything—the sweep of the rock, the orange and yellow lichens, the…

— Jon Krakauer

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

— Jon Krakauer

He read a lot. He used a lot of big words. I think maybe part of what got him into trouble was that he…

— Jon Krakauer

But [Everett] and McCandless, at least they tried to follow their dream. That’s what was great about them. They tried. Not many do.

— Jon Krakauer

“he was ready, perhaps, to shed a little of the armor he wore around his heart, that upon returning to civilization, he intended to…

— Jon Krakauer

“Continually question climbing pursuits. Do they draw one back to the climbing community? Or do they lead along the [inner-directed] path? This questioning generates…

— Jon Krakauer

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

— Jon Krakauer

“Unlike Muir and Thoreau, McCandless went into the wilderness not primarily to ponder nature or the world at large but, rather, to explore the…

— Jon Krakauer

I'm intrigued by fanatics - people who are seduced by the promise, or the illusion, of the absolute.

— Jon Krakauer

You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human relationships. God has placed it all around us. It is in…

— Jon Krakauer

I mean, how can you not be a feminist if you have a brain in your head? If you’re not a feminist, then you’re…

— Jon Krakauer