Strange, how the best moments of our lives we scarcely notice except in looking back.

Armour... is part of a state of mind... in which you admit the possibility... of being hit.

Every man has his excuses, and the more vile the man becomes, the more touching the story has to be. What is my story now, I wonder?

Once you've got a task to do, it's better to do it than live with the fear of it.

'The Blade Itself' was my first book. Probably I should've tried a few short stories first, but for some reason I decided to begin with Everest.

Sometimes when I'm really enjoying a book, I'll read a sentence or paragraph and just think - how can someone's head be wired in such a way that they'd come up with that?

Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.