If you're bumming out, you're not gonna get to the top, so as long as we're up here we might as well make a point of grooving. (Quoting Scott Fischer)

Antarctica has this mythic weight. It resides in the collective unconscious of so many people, and it makes this huge impact, just like outer space. It's like going to the moon.

weeping...betraying a sense of loss so huge and irreparable that the mind balks at taking its measure.

There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It's mostly about random pointless death and misery.

Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th Century invention and I don't want one. You don’t need to worry about me; I have a college education. I’m not destitute. I'm living like this by choice.

But somethings in life are more important than being happy. Like being free to think for yourself.

But [Everett] and McCandless, at least they tried to follow their dream. That’s what was great about them. They tried. Not many do.