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Jon Krakauer quotes: 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 problem. 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 problem.
Jon Krakauer quotes: But now that I was finally here, standing on the summit of Mount Everest, I just couldn't summon the energy to care. But now that I was finally here, standing on the summit of Mount Everest, I just couldn't summon the energy to care.
Jon Krakauer quotes: While tentbound high on Everest, Mallory and his companions would read aloud to one another from Hamlet and King Lear While tentbound high on Everest, Mallory and his companions would read aloud to one another from Hamlet and King Lear
Jon Krakauer quotes: Mortenson was merely selling what the public was eager to buy. Mortenson was merely selling what the public was eager to buy.
Jon Krakauer quotes: Military investigations are designed not to find anyone guilty. And you can't investigate up the chain of command, which is a huge impediment. Military investigations are designed not to find anyone guilty. And you can't investigate up the chain of command, which is a huge impediment.
Jon Krakauer quotes: He was right in saying that the only certain happiness in life is to live for others ... He was right in saying that the only certain happiness in life is to live for others ...
Jon Krakauer quotes: Most climbers aren't in fact deranged, they're just infected with a particularly virulent strain of the Human Condition. Most climbers aren't in fact deranged, they're just infected with a particularly virulent strain of the Human Condition.
Jon Krakauer quotes: Some people have big dreams, some people have small dreams ... Whatever you have, the important thing is that you never stop dreaming. -Doug Hansen Some people have big dreams, some people have small dreams ... Whatever you have, the important thing is that you never stop dreaming. -Doug Hansen
Jon Krakauer quotes: Common sense is no match for the voice of God. Common sense is no match for the voice of God.
Jon Krakauer quotes: You hear that rape victims avoid sex afterwards. But it's actually just as common for some victims to become promiscuous in self-destructive ways. You hear that rape victims avoid sex afterwards. But it's actually just as common for some victims to become promiscuous in self-destructive ways.
Jon Krakauer quotes: Huguet, on the other hand, insisted that prosecutors settle for nothing less than a lengthy sentence at the state penitentiary in Deer Lodge. Huguet, on the other hand, insisted that prosecutors settle for nothing less than a lengthy sentence at the state penitentiary in Deer Lodge.
Jon Krakauer quotes: My ignorance was inexcusable, and it made me ashamed. My ignorance was inexcusable, and it made me ashamed.
Jon Krakauer quotes: Everest has always been a magnet for kooks, publicity seekers, hopeless romantics and others with a shaky hold on reality. Everest has always been a magnet for kooks, publicity seekers, hopeless romantics and others with a shaky hold on reality.
Jon Krakauer quotes: Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past. Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past.
Jon Krakauer quotes: I came to understand that I had baffled and infuriated my father at least as much as he had baffled and infuriated me. I came to understand that I had baffled and infuriated my father at least as much as he had baffled and infuriated me.
Jon Krakauer quotes: There are no true answers, just shades of grey, coincidence, and circumstance. There are no true answers, just shades of grey, coincidence, and circumstance.
Jon Krakauer quotes: I was dimly aware that I might be getting in over my head. But that only added to the scheme's appeal. That it wouldn't be easy was the whole point. I was dimly aware that I might be getting in over my head. But that only added to the scheme's appeal. That it wouldn't be easy was the whole point.
Jon Krakauer quotes: bought my respect. bought my respect.
Jon Krakauer quotes: Once you believe that God is speaking directly to you, there is no discussion. Once you believe that God is speaking directly to you, there is no discussion.
Jon Krakauer quotes: I love being outdoors, being in the mountains and the desert, and my wife enjoys that too. That's one of the things that sustain our relationship. I love being outdoors, being in the mountains and the desert, and my wife enjoys that too. That's one of the things that sustain our relationship.
Jon Krakauer quotes: I never studied writing, but I'd always been a reader and had a secret fantasy about being a writer. I never studied writing, but I'd always been a reader and had a secret fantasy about being a writer.
Jon Krakauer quotes: The revelation that he was merely human, and frightfully so, was beyond my power to forgive. The revelation that he was merely human, and frightfully so, was beyond my power to forgive.
Jon Krakauer quotes: I think part of the appeal of Antarctica is experiencing some sort of power, the forces of the natural world. I think part of the appeal of Antarctica is experiencing some sort of power, the forces of the natural world.
Jon Krakauer quotes: When an individual is raped in this country, more than 90 percent of the time the rapist gets away with the crime. When an individual is raped in this country, more than 90 percent of the time the rapist gets away with the crime.
Jon Krakauer quotes: It was the masterful and incommunicable wisdom of eternity laughing at the futility of life and the effort of life. It was the masterful and incommunicable wisdom of eternity laughing at the futility of life and the effort of life.
Jon Krakauer quotes: When you forgive, you love. When you forgive, you love.
Jon Krakauer quotes: I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here ... rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness ... give me truth. I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here ... rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness ... give me truth.
Jon Krakauer quotes: With the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; With the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them;
Jon Krakauer quotes: The way to Everest is not a Yellow Brick Road. The way to Everest is not a Yellow Brick Road.
Jon Krakauer quotes: I now walk into the wild. I now walk into the wild.
Jon Krakauer quotes: I read somewhere ... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong, but to feel strong ... to measure yourself at least once. I read somewhere ... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong, but to feel strong ... to measure yourself at least once.
Jon Krakauer quotes: He'd just nod politely and then do exactly what he wanted, He'd just nod politely and then do exactly what he wanted,
Jon Krakauer quotes: Relish the hardship. Relish the hardship.
Jon Krakauer quotes: I'm going to have to be real careful not to accept any gifts from them in the future because they will think they have bought my respect. I'm going to have to be real careful not to accept any gifts from them in the future because they will think they have bought my respect.
Jon Krakauer quotes: When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God's light shines upon you. When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God's light shines upon you.
Jon Krakauer quotes: If you're bumming out, you're not gonna get to the top, so as long as we're up here we might as well make a point of grooving. (Quoting Scott Fischer) If you're bumming out, you're not gonna get to the top, so as long as we're up here we might as well make a point of grooving. (Quoting Scott Fischer)
Jon Krakauer quotes: But [Everett] and McCandless, at least they tried to follow their dream. That's what was great about them. They tried. Not many do. 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 quotes: You should own nothing except what you can carry on your back at a dead run. You should own nothing except what you can carry on your back at a dead run.
Jon Krakauer quotes: The truth of war is not always easy. The truth is always more heroic than the hype. The truth of war is not always easy. The truth is always more heroic than the hype.
Jon Krakauer quotes: Many decisions are made in our lifetime, Most relatively insignificant while others life altering Many decisions are made in our lifetime, Most relatively insignificant while others life altering
Jon Krakauer quotes: A rapist, by definition, is only interested in gratifying his own desires. A rapist doesn't care what a woman wants. If he did, he wouldn't rape. - A rapist, by definition, is only interested in gratifying his own desires. A rapist doesn't care what a woman wants. If he did, he wouldn't rape. -
Jon Krakauer quotes: The United States Violence Against Women Act of 2005 requires that all victims of sexual assault be given free access to an evidence collection kit, The United States Violence Against Women Act of 2005 requires that all victims of sexual assault be given free access to an evidence collection kit,
Jon Krakauer quotes: When I start any book, I have no idea what I'm going to do. When I start any book, I have no idea what I'm going to do.
Jon Krakauer quotes: The trip was to be an odyssey in the fullest sense of the word, an epic journey that would change everything. The trip was to be an odyssey in the fullest sense of the word, an epic journey that would change everything.
Jon Krakauer quotes: As I point out in the very first pages of 'Into the Wild,' I approached this book not as a normal, you know, unbiased journalist. As I point out in the very first pages of 'Into the Wild,' I approached this book not as a normal, you know, unbiased journalist.
Jon Krakauer quotes: If you're not a feminist, you're part of the problem. If you're not a feminist, you're part of the problem.
Jon Krakauer quotes: The pieces I've written for 'Outside' magazine are definitely my best work, and they're virtually all about the outdoors. The pieces I've written for 'Outside' magazine are definitely my best work, and they're virtually all about the outdoors.
Jon Krakauer quotes: Sometimes he tried too hard to make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to each other so often. Sometimes he tried too hard to make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to each other so often.
Jon Krakauer quotes: Bouldering isn't really a sport. It's a climbing activity with metaphysical, mystical, and philosophical overtones. -John Gill- Bouldering isn't really a sport. It's a climbing activity with metaphysical, mystical, and philosophical overtones. -John Gill-
Jon Krakauer quotes: We were too tired to help. Above 8,000 meters is not a place where people can afford morality We were too tired to help. Above 8,000 meters is not a place where people can afford morality
Jon Krakauer quotes: to explore the inner country of his own soul. to explore the inner country of his own soul.
Jon Krakauer quotes: My life was falling apart. But somehow I stuck it out. My life was falling apart. But somehow I stuck it out.
Jon Krakauer quotes: That's what was great about him. He tried. Not many do. That's what was great about him. He tried. Not many do.
Jon Krakauer quotes: I really enjoy researching, and for almost every piece, I research enough to write a book. I really enjoy researching, and for almost every piece, I research enough to write a book.
Jon Krakauer quotes: He never suspected that in so doing, he was crossing his Rubicon. He never suspected that in so doing, he was crossing his Rubicon.
Jon Krakauer quotes: Almost every magazine piece I've ever written, I felt like I haven't done it justice, like it was just a gloss. Almost every magazine piece I've ever written, I felt like I haven't done it justice, like it was just a gloss.
Jon Krakauer quotes: Weeping ... betraying a sense of loss so huge and irreparable that the mind balks at taking its measure. Weeping ... betraying a sense of loss so huge and irreparable that the mind balks at taking its measure.
Jon Krakauer quotes: The desert sharpened the sweet ache of his longing, amplified it, gave shape to it in sere geology and clean slant of light. The desert sharpened the sweet ache of his longing, amplified it, gave shape to it in sere geology and clean slant of light.
Jon Krakauer quotes: We understand that honor, truth and hard work win in the end. We are Montana. We understand that honor, truth and hard work win in the end. We are Montana.
Jon Krakauer quotes: Don't settle down and sit in one place. Move around be nomadic, make each day a new horizon. -Chris McCandless Don't settle down and sit in one place. Move around be nomadic, make each day a new horizon.
-Chris McCandless
Jon Krakauer quotes: In the adversarial system, it's more important to follow legal procedure than to speak the truth. In the adversarial system, it's more important to follow legal procedure than to speak the truth.
Jon Krakauer quotes: You get a compound fracture in Colorado where I live, and you can probably be in a hospital within a matter of hours, certainly within a day. You get a compound fracture in Colorado where I live, and you can probably be in a hospital within a matter of hours, certainly within a day.
Jon Krakauer quotes: The boy unmasked the gaping void in Franz's life even as he helped fill it. The boy unmasked the gaping void in Franz's life even as he helped fill it.
Jon Krakauer quotes: At such moments something resembling happiness actually stirs in your chest, but it isn't the sort of emotion you want to lean on very hard. At such moments something resembling happiness actually stirs in your chest, but it isn't the sort of emotion you want to lean on very hard.
Jon Krakauer quotes: What if I were smiling and running into your arms? Would you see then what I see now? What if I were smiling and running into your arms? Would you see then what I see now?
Jon Krakauer quotes: In reality, the [American legal] system promotes chicanery, outright deceit, and other egregious conduct by trial lawyers. In reality, the [American legal] system promotes chicanery, outright deceit, and other egregious conduct by trial lawyers.
Jon Krakauer quotes: Finds Mexicans to be warm, friendly people. Much more hospitable than Americans ... . Finds Mexicans to be warm, friendly people. Much more hospitable than Americans ... .
Jon Krakauer quotes: Rob Hall was, without doubt, the most competent guide in mountaineering. Rob Hall was, without doubt, the most competent guide in mountaineering.
Jon Krakauer quotes: Buffeted by the passions and longings of youth. Buffeted by the passions and longings of youth.
Jon Krakauer quotes: Children can be harsh judges when it comes to their parents, disinclined to grant clemency. Children can be harsh judges when it comes to their parents, disinclined to grant clemency.
Jon Krakauer quotes: Short form media is reductionist by nature. Short form media is reductionist by nature.
Jon Krakauer quotes: connoisseurs of geologic form, connoisseurs of geologic form,
Jon Krakauer quotes: Simply by recounting their stories and breaking that silence, survivors of sexual assault strike a powerful blow against their assailants. Simply by recounting their stories and breaking that silence, survivors of sexual assault strike a powerful blow against their assailants.
Jon Krakauer quotes: Once Everest was determined to be the highest summit on earth, it was only a matter of time before people decided that Everest needed to be climbed. Once Everest was determined to be the highest summit on earth, it was only a matter of time before people decided that Everest needed to be climbed.
Jon Krakauer quotes: Maybe, I think, I don't have to be great at this; maybe I just have to be good enough. Maybe, I think, I don't have to be great at this; maybe I just have to be good enough.
Jon Krakauer quotes: Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don't want one. Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don't want one.
Jon Krakauer quotes: guys who may have 'made mistakes' nearly always get the benefit of the doubt. Drunk girls, however, do not. guys who may have 'made mistakes' nearly always get the benefit of the doubt. Drunk girls, however, do not.
Jon Krakauer quotes: But somethings in life are more important than being happy. Like being free to think for yourself. But somethings in life are more important than being happy. Like being free to think for yourself.
Jon Krakauer quotes: With enough determination, any bloody idiot can get up this hill," Hall observed. "The trick is to get back down alive. With enough determination, any bloody idiot can get up this hill," Hall observed. "The trick is to get back down alive.
Jon Krakauer quotes: Books possess an ounce-of-weight to minute-of-entertainment ratio that compares quite favorably to intoxicants. Books possess an ounce-of-weight to minute-of-entertainment ratio that compares quite favorably to intoxicants.
Jon Krakauer quotes: In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber's actions can affect the welfare of the entire team. In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber's actions can affect the welfare of the entire team.
Jon Krakauer quotes: There's something about being afraid, about being small, about enforced humility that draws me to climbing. There's something about being afraid, about being small, about enforced humility that draws me to climbing.
Jon Krakauer quotes: He must have been very brave and very strong, at the end, not to do himself in. He must have been very brave and very strong, at the end, not to do himself in.
Jon Krakauer quotes: But men have been committing heinous acts in the name of God ever since mankind began believing in deities, and extremists exist within all religions. But men have been committing heinous acts in the name of God ever since mankind began believing in deities, and extremists exist within all religions.
Jon Krakauer quotes: There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It's mostly about random pointless death and misery. There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It's mostly about random pointless death and misery.
Jon Krakauer quotes: But at times I wondered if I had not come a long way only to find that what I really sought was something I had left behind. Thomas F. Hornbein But at times I wondered if I had not come a long way only to find that what I really sought was something I had left behind. Thomas F. Hornbein
Jon Krakauer quotes: Thus the slopes of Everest are littered with corpses. Thus the slopes of Everest are littered with corpses.
Jon Krakauer quotes: How can a society actively promote religious faith on one hand and condemn a man for zealously adhering to his faith on the other? How can a society actively promote religious faith on one hand and condemn a man for zealously adhering to his faith on the other?
Jon Krakauer quotes: It's not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong. It's not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong.
Jon Krakauer quotes: I'm intrigued by fanatics - people who are seduced by the promise, or the illusion, of the absolute. I'm intrigued by fanatics - people who are seduced by the promise, or the illusion, of the absolute.
Jon Krakauer quotes: The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences. The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences.
Jon Krakauer quotes: The LDS Church has annual revenues estimated at more than $6 billion, and The LDS Church has annual revenues estimated at more than $6 billion, and
Jon Krakauer quotes: Heaven, for me, is one focused project - it's like a weird form of autism. Heaven, for me, is one focused project - it's like a weird form of autism.

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