“He did a lot of socializing. Sometimes I think it was like he was storing up company for the times he knew… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
“going to have to be real careful not to accept any gifts from them in the future because they will think they… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
“Nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future.” — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think it was like he was storing up company for the times when he knew nobody would be around” — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
If you don't take it, I'm going to throw it away," Alex cheerfully retorted. "I don't want to know what time it… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
“You are still going to live a long time, Ron, and it would be a shame if you did not take the… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
He needed his solitude at times, but he wasn't a hermit. He did a lot of socializing. Sometimes I think it was… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
“or that they think I’d actually let them pay for my law school if I was going to go….I’ve told them a… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
“Whether one believes that the faith he spawned is the world's only true religion or a preposterous fable, Joseph emerges from the… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
“Alex here. (...) Ron, I really enjoy all the help you have given me and the times we spent together. I hope… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
“When an individual is raped in this country, more than 90 percent of the time the rapist gets away with the crime. —” — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
There is something special about a quiet untouched forest that just pulls you into the moment. Something that no parks will ever… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
Having stumbled upon a tolerable career, for the first time in my life I was actually living above the poverty line. My… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“The boy unmasked the gaping void in Franz's life even as he helped fill it.” — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
I'm intrigued by fanatics - people who are seduced by the promise, or the illusion, of the absolute. — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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