"The mountain is a mirror, where climbers look to find themselves. They discover their frailty, take heart from their strengths, drink deep of the insights."

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Source : Lincoln Hall (2008). “Dead Lucky: Life After Death on Mount Everest”, p.239, Penguin

Lincoln Hall

#Wisdom Quotes #Heart Quotes #Mirrors Quotes

“A vampire's thirst can only be quenched by the blood of their loved ones.”
“When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes.”
“And if I'm honest about it, I was obsessed with Nirvana and Pearl Jam. This is like '92, right in the throes of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam and Nirvana. I think I probably wanted to be Kurt Cobain.”
“My life's been too much of a self-created vocation. And there are times when I think I've done everything in the name of defiance.”
“It is the youngest in the family who tends to the elders to learn about the sacredness of life and the beauty of death.”
“The fact is, woman was taken from a rib.”
“Abortion is a blessing.”
“It's weird, how much he's noticed me... And apparently, I have not been as oblivious to him as I imagined, either.”

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