"At that stage of my youth, death remained……" — Jon Krakauer
"At that stage of my youth, death remained as abstract a concept as non-Euclidean geometry or marriage. I didn't yet appreciate its terrible finality or the havoc it could wreak on those who'd entrusted the deceased with their hearts."
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94 Quotes by Jon Krakauer
Jon Krakauer has 94 quotes on this site.
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HAPPINESS is ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED
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To the contrary: His life hummed with meaning and purpose. But the meaning he wrestled from existence lay beyond the…
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Achieving the summit of a mountain was tangible, immutable, concrete. The incumbent hazards lent the activity a seriousness of purpose…
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Early on a difficult climb, especially a solo climb, you’re hyper-aware of the abyss pulling at your back, constantly feeling…
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Antarctica has this mythic weight. It resides in the collective unconscious of so many people, and it makes this huge…
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It is the experiences, the memories, the great triumphant joy of living to the fullest extent in which real meaning…
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The only person you are fighting is yourself and your stubbornness to engage in new circumstances.
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Those who would assail the Book of Mormon should bear in mind that its veracity is no more dubious than…
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Straddling the top of the world, one foot in China and the other in Nepal, I cleared the ice from…
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In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber's actions can affect the welfare of the…
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There is something special about a quiet untouched forest that just pulls you into the moment. Something that no parks…
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Don't settle down and sit in one place. Move around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon.
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More Abstract Quotes
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To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought.
— Honore de Balzac
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I was a really lousy artist as a kid. Too abstract expressionist; or I'd draw a big ram's head, really…
— Jean-Michel Basquiat
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In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.
— Theodor Adorno
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None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace.
— Theodor Adorno
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Good science fiction is intelligent. It asks big questions that are on people's minds. It's not impossible. It has some…
— Nicolas Cage
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Science fiction is a way that I can go into the abstract, go into the imagination, and audiences are still…
— Nicolas Cage
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I am searching for abstract ways of expressing reality, abstract forms that will enlighten my own mystery.
— Eric Cantona
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Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.
— Al Capp
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Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change…
— Saul Alinsky
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'Woman on the Plaza,' with its distinct horizon, snow-like surfaces, wintry wall, stunning sunlight, sharp shadows, and hurrying figure, would…
— Sam Abell
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Old ideas give way slowly; for they are more than abstract logical forms and categories. They are habits, predispositions, deeply…
— John Dewey
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It is difficult to talk about fashion in the abstract, without a human body before my eyes, without drawings, without…
— Giorgio Armani
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