'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.

Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever.

It is easy to forget how much you have, when your eyes are always fixed on what you have not.

Love is a fine cushion to rest upon, but only hate can make you a better person.

If life has taught me one thing, it's that there are no villains. Only people, doing their best.

It's hard to stay calm when you're terrified, helpless, alone, at the mercy of men with no mercy at all.

Those with the least always lose the most in war.