"Just a rock, a dome of snow, the deep blue sky, and a hunk of orange-painted metal from which a shredded American flag cracked in the wind. Nothing more. Except two tiny figures walking together those last few feet to the top of the Earth."

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Source : Peter Potterfield, Tom Hornbein (2003). “Everest”, p.141, The Mountaineers Books

Tom Hornbein

#Nature Quotes #Travel Quotes #Rocks Quotes

“The human heart is no small thing, for it can embrace so much.”
“Let your broken heart create an open heart”
“Let's be about leaving this world better than we find it each and every day. Our life is a testimony and through us divine loving is becoming more manifest. Greater good is calling upon us here in this world to be done this day. One of my rallying calls is let's go out and do some good. This is who we are. This is what we are about.”
“As much as we don't want to hear it, book marketing is a huge part of becoming a successful author.”
“I had serious training of painting styles from different historical periods... But to have all this training is not enough to be an artist. You have to add a new page to history; otherwise you are not making a contribution. But making history is not easy.”
“When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they 'don't understand' one another, but a sign that they have, at last, begun to.”

Source : Irvin S. Cobb, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Helen Rowland, Richard Saunders (2017). “We Should All Be So Feminine: We Should All Be a Feminist: We Should All Be Feminists”, p.70, Lulu.com
“I wish I was one of those cute pregnant girls who wear skinny jeans throughout their pregnancies. But I just gain weight.”
“I like to think of myself as the girl that no one can get, that no one can keep in their hand”

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