An account of an expedition is not a novel. Therefore an authentic account can never be given, let alone written down by someone who was not present. Reinhold Messner Read Quote
I’ve always liked the idea of memoirs, going into someone else’s life, going through someone else’s day and getting out of your own head. Isabel Gillies Read Quote
Often in each collection, there are three or so seeds of things that come together accidentally to form what appears to everyone else as a final product, but for me, it is never ending. Rei Kawakubo Read Quote
All I can say is that you only realize how big your mountain is once you’re laying motionless, helpless, and hopeless in the valley below. No one goes there on purpose, if you get what I’m saying, because the only way to find your personal low is to slip and roll down that mountain of yours, straight through to the bottom, no holds barred. Artie Lange Read Quote
Every child is taught if you try to please everyone, you end up upsetting everyone. Richard Engel Read Quote
The fact that a crime might have been committed with impunity in the past may make it seem more familiar and less gruesome, but surely does not give it any greater legitimacy. Jonathan Kozol Read Quote
I try to keep fit, as it’s better for both skiing and plastering. I cycle and jog and I dance a lot – Ceroc, a form of modern jive. Eddie the Eagle Read Quote
