“We think of those nights spent with one or more friends, nights when we merged with the shadows and could see the world with eyes that were not our own.”

“Alas! Charles made the promise glibly, and forgot all about it.”

“Sometimes those experiences crowd back upon the memory, and the past flashes back like a distant peak momentarily lighted up by sunbeam piercing through the clouds. Then oblivion again. Strange it ...”

“The climber, like a fox which is hard-pressed, should always have one more trick in his bag.”

“That time when past begins to look longer than the future”

“There is no night porter wandering about in King's. The authorities pay you the compliment, ugly gate-crasher, of treating you as a grown-up. And since we are not grown-up you and I, we will perfor...”

“When people tell me they cant afford to join a gym, I tell them to go outside; planet Earth is a gym and were already members. Run, climb, sweat, and enjoy all of the natural wonder that is availab...”

“Don't hide in the trees when you know that tigers can climb.”

“Just because you came to the end of your rope, doesn't mean that you were climbing down.”

“My mind is in a state of constant rebellion. I believe that will always be so.”

“No one remembers who climbed Mount Everest the second time.”

“Once you figure out who you are and what you love about yourself, I think it all kind of falls into place.”

“All seasons are spectacular.”

“When real people fall down in life, they get right back up and keep on walking.”