a good writer should draw the reader in by starting in the middle of the story with a hook, then go back and fill in what happened before the hook. Once you have the reader hooked, you can write whatever you want as you slowly reel them in.

My heavenly citizenship makes the whole world a foreign mission field.

For a climber, saying that you are stopping by Everest is like saying that you are stopping by to see God.

...what makes a story unique is not necessarily the information in the story but what the writer chooses to put in or leave out.(pg. 146-147)

The only thing you'll find on the summit of Mount Everest is a divine view. The things that really matter lie far below.

You don't have to be alone to feel alone.

Studying elephants is like going back into prehistoric times. In size, elephants are the closest thigns we have to dinosaurs. There are days when I feel as though there is nothing we can do for elephants - I feel that the only good I am doing is recording the extinction of one of the most magnificent animals that ever walked the earth.