"The desert sharpened the sweet ache of his……" — Jon Krakauer
"The desert sharpened the sweet ache of his longing, amplified it, gave shape to it in sere geology and clean slant of light."
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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 Ache Quotes
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What used to keep me up at night was the fact that I didn't know how I was going to…
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As a kid, I grew to define what I didn't want my life to be like by sitting behind moaning…
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The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.
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The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and…
— Maya Angelou
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There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers. If you have not…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If you grow a garden you are going to shed some sweat, and you are going to spend some time…
— Wendell Berry
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You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap, or the soreness, or…
— Gordie Howe
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Honor your humanness and all of your feelings - the messy ones, the growing pains, the ache - because we…
— Sabrina Ward Harrison
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What's it like, Lexy? You wake up and you feel - what? Heaviness, an ache inside, a weight, yes. A…
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A new wound makes all the old ones ache again.
— Mignon McLaughlin
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Tell them, that, to ease them of their griefs, Their fear of hostile strokes, their aches, losses, Their pangs of…
— William Shakespeare
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Who can depart from his pain and aloneness without regret? Too many fragments of the spirit have I scattered in…
— Khalil Gibran
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