But now that I was finally here, standing on the summit of Mount Everest, I just couldn't summon the energy to care.
Jon KrakauerIt is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to assume that if you want something badly enough, it is your God-given right to have it.
Jon KrakauerI never studied writing, but I'd always been a reader and had a secret fantasy about being a writer.
Jon Krakauer