Common sense is no match for the voice of God.

The sad end he met in Afghanistan was more accurately a function of his stubborn idealism - his insistence on trying to do the right thing. In which case it wasn't a tragic flaw that brought Tillman down, but a tragic virtue.

Everest has always been a magnet for kooks, publicity seekers, hopeless romantics and others with a shaky hold on reality.

If you don't take it, I'm going to throw it away," Alex cheerfully retorted. "I don't want to know what time it is. I don't want to know what day it is or where I am. None of that matters.

What if I were smiling and running into your arms? Would you see then what I see now?

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

HAPPINESS is ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED