Jon Krakauer

"Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past."

"When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines upon you."

"What if I were smiling and running into your arms? Would you see then what I see now?"

"I don't know what God is, or what God had in mind when the universe was set in motion. In fact, I don't know if God even exists, although I confess that I sometimes find myself praying in times of gre…"

"Early on a difficult climb, especially a difficult solo climb, you constantly feel the abyss pulling at your back. To resist takes a tremendous conscious effort; you don't dare let your guard down for…"

"Straddling the top of the world, one foot in China and the other in Nepal, I cleared the ice from my oxygen mask, hunched a shoulder against the wind, and stared absently down at the vastness of Tibet…"

"Into Thin Air" article in Outside Magazine"

"General McChrystal's Credibility Problem, by Jon Krakauer"