"The endless, agonizing recycling of what might have……" — Jon Krakauer
"The endless, agonizing recycling of what might have been, soon followed by a litany of rationalizations and self-deceptions as you struggle to reconcile the void between the person you want to be and the person you fear you are.."
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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 Agonizing Quotes
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The reason so many people do not pray is because of its cost. The cost is not so much in…
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I am now about to make the great adventure. I cannot endure this agonizing pain any longer. It is all…
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When the lives of the unborn are snuffed out, they often feel pain, pain that is long and agonizing.
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Never before had a woman put such agonizing poetry on canvas as Frida did
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As agonizing a disease as cancer is, I do not think it can be said that our civilization is threatened…
— Carl Sagan
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No image, however accomplished, could have captured the agonizing poignancy of that moment. It was a moment to be lived,…
— Unknown Author
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There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.
— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
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The Last Airbender is an agonizing experience in every category I can think of and others still waiting to be…
— Roger Ebert
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The Last Airbender is an agonizing experience in every category I can think of and others still waiting to be…
— Roger Ebert
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It is a tragic and agonizing irony that instructions once delivered for the purpose of avoiding needless offense are now…
— Rachel Held Evans
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Because it would be too agonizing to cope with the possibility that anyone, including our selves, could become a prisoner,…
— Angela Davis
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There's still such chaos in me. Still so little firmly outlined. Just like my face: a formless mass that only…
— Karen Horney
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