At long last he was unencumbered, emancipated from the stifling world of his parents and peers, a world of abstraction and security and material excess, a world in which he felt grievously cut off from the raw throb of existence.

The only person you are fighting is yourself and your stubbornness to engage in new circumstances.

Its not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong.

At long last he was unencumbered, emancipated from the stifling world of his parents and peers, a world of abstraction and security and material excess, a world in which he felt grievously cut off from the raw throb of existence.

But perhaps the greatest attraction of Mormonism was the promise that each follower would be granted an extraordinarily intimate relationship with God. Joseph taught and encouraged his adherents to receive personal communiqués straight from the Lord. Divine revelation formed the bedrock of the religion.

When I start any book, I have no idea what I'm going to do.

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