All Jon Krakauer Quotes
- Once you believe that God is speaking directly to you, there is no discussion. Believe
- There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It's mostly about random pointless death and misery. Death
- When I start any book, I have no idea what I'm going to do. Any
- Antarctica is a very alien environment, and you can't survive here more than minutes if you're not equipped properly and doing the right thing all… Alien
- The thing that is most beautiful about Antarctica for me is the light. It's like no other light on Earth, because the air is so… Air
- 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 a… Brain
- When a young person is moved by a passion and feels compelled to go on this sort of quest, I think you have to let… Ancient
- You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only...from human relationships. God has placed it all around us...and all you have to do is reach… All
- Mountains make poor receptacles for dreams. Dream
- Most climbers aren't in fact deranged, they're just infected with a particularly virulent strain of the Human Condition. Climbers
- Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past. Away Quietly
- What if I were smiling and running into your arms? Would you see then what I see now? Arms
- When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines upon you. Forgive
- I understood what he was doing, that he had spent four years fulfilling the absurd and tedious duty of graduating from college and now he… Abstraction
- Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don't want one. Careers
- The sea's only gifts are harsh blows, and occasionally the chance to feel strong. Now I don't know much about the sea, but I do… Alone
- I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here... rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth. Fairness
- I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong, but to feel strong... to measure yourself at least once. Feel
- At long last he was unencumbered, emancipated from the stifling world of his parents and peers, a world of abstraction and security and material excess,… Abstraction
- Chris would use the spiritual aspect to try to motivate us. "He'd tell us to think about all the evil in the world, all the… All
- According to the moral absolutism that characterizes McCandless's beliefs, a challenge in which a successful outcome is assured isn't a challenge at all. Absolutism
- He was unheeded, happy, and near to the wild heart of life. He was alone and young and wilful and wildhearted, alone amid a waste… Air
- The desert sharpened the sweet ache of his longing, amplified it, gave shape to it in sere geology and clean slant of light. Ache
- The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences. Adventure
- Getting to the top of any given mountain was considered much less important than how one got there: prestige was earned by tackling the most… Any