Respect was one thing. Survival was another. It was important that I kept my priorities in the right order.
Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives.
The taste for glory can make ordinary men behave in extraordinary ways.
A journey, I reflected, is of no merit unless it has tested you.
I felt sure we could gain the upper hand by putting ourselves in the mindset of the Incas.
One senses that, in these conditions, no amount of wet-wiping could bring true hygiene.