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Jon Krakauer Quotes: "Don't settle down and sit in one place. Move around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon."

Don't settle down and sit in one place. Move around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon.



Jon Krakauer Quotes: "The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences."

The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences.




Jon Krakauer Quotes: "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 for it."

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 for it.



Jon Krakauer Quotes: "The only person you are fighting is yourself and your stubbornness to engage in new circumstances."

The only person you are fighting is yourself and your stubbornness to engage in new circumstances.




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 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: "It is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to assume that if you want something badly enough, it is your God-given right to have it."

It is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to assume that if you want something badly enough, it is your God-given right to have it.




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: "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: "If you want a blank spot on the map, you gotta leave the map behind."

If you want a blank spot on the map, you gotta leave the map behind.



Jon Krakauer Quotes: "Antarctica has this mythic weight. It resides in the collective unconscious of so many people, and it makes this huge impact, just like outer space. It's like going to the moon."

Antarctica has this mythic weight. It resides in the collective unconscious of so many people, and it makes this huge impact, just like outer space. It's like going to the moon.



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 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: "Its not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong."

Its not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong.



Jon Krakauer Quotes: "As a means of motivating people to be cruel or inhumane-as a means of inciting evil, to borrow the vocabulary of the devout-there may be no more potent force than religion."

As a means of motivating people to be cruel or inhumane-as a means of inciting evil, to borrow the vocabulary of the devout-there may be no more potent force than religion.



Jon Krakauer Quotes: "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 the time."

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 the time.



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: "HAPPINESS is ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED"

HAPPINESS is ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED



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: "Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th Century invention and I don't want one. You don’t need to worry about me; I have a college education. I’m not destitute. I'm living like this by choice."

Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th Century invention and I don't want one. You don’t need to worry about me; I have a college education. I’m not destitute. I'm living like this by choice.



Jon Krakauer Quotes: "Mountains make poor receptacles for dreams."

Mountains make poor receptacles for dreams.



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: "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: "It is the experiences, the memories, the great triumphant joy of living to the fullest extent in which real meaning is found. God it's great to be alive! Thank you. Thank you."

It is the experiences, the memories, the great triumphant joy of living to the fullest extent in which real meaning is found. God it's great to be alive! Thank you. Thank you.



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: "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: "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."

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.



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: "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: "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: "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: "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: "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: "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: "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: "This forms the nub of a dilemna that every Everest climber eventually comes up against: in order to succeed you must be exceedingly driven, but if you're too driven you're likely to die."

This forms the nub of a dilemna that every Everest climber eventually comes up against: in order to succeed you must be exceedingly driven, but if you're too driven you're likely to die.



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: "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: "To the contrary: His life hummed with meaning and purpose. But the meaning he wrested from existence lay beyond the comfortable path: McCandless distrusted the value of things that came easily."

To the contrary: His life hummed with meaning and purpose. But the meaning he wrested from existence lay beyond the comfortable path: McCandless distrusted the value of things that came easily.



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: "Common sense is no match for the voice of God."

Common sense is no match for the voice of God.



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: "Short form media is reductionist by nature."

Short form media is reductionist by nature.



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: "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: "If you don't take it, I'm going to throw it away," Alex cheerfully retorted. "I don't want to know what time it is. I don't want to know what day it is or where I am. None of that matters."

If you don't take it, I'm going to throw it away," Alex cheerfully retorted. "I don't want to know what time it is. I don't want to know what day it is or where I am. None of that matters.



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: "...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: "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.