"A gripper of a read . . . Silence revives the cliff’s-edge drama of those Jazz age climbs and drives home the tragedy of Mallory’s death."

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Source : Praise for "Into the Silence" by Wade Davis, www.penguinrandomhouse.com.

Bruce Barcott

#Drama Quotes #Home Quotes #Silence Quotes

“It's not a crime not to know yourself. It's not a crime to send life away. It's just a shame.”

Source : Andrew O'Hagan (2010). “Be Near Me”, p.231, Faber & Faber
“There was a clarity to the Nineties. It was pre-9/11, before that anxiety kicked in that exists right now about the financial crisis or terrorism. We were all just going to move forward into the millennium and everything was always going to get better. Then, whoops, that didn't happen.”
“Being positive wonâ€™t guarantee youâ€™ll succeed. But being negative will guarantee you wonâ€™t.”
“You can only get good at Chess if you love the game”
“Without style, there can be no identity.”

Source : John Kinsella (1997). “Genre”, Fremantle Arts Center Press
“The U.S. views Morocco as an important friend, and we applaud your political and economic reforms that culminated with the recent parliamentary elections that were widely reported to have been conducted in a fair and open manner.”
“If there were a button I could press, I would sacrifice myself without hesitating, if it meant millions of people would die.”
“There's never been anyone like Bettie Before. Monroe had Harlow and Detrich, she had all of those blonde bombshells, but there was nothing like Bettie. She was the first icon of her nature.”

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