Jon Krakauer Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• <...> though he found that if you are stupid enough to bury a camera underground you won't be taking many pictures with it afterwards. Thus the story has no picture book for the period May 10, 1991 - January 7, 1992. But this is not important. It is the experiences, the memories, the great triumphant joy of living to the fullest extent in which real meaning is found. God it's great to be alive! Thank you. Thank you.

  Jon Krakauer

  Memories, Stupid, Real

• Those who would assail the Book of Mormon should bear in mind that its veracity is no more dubious than the veracity of the Bible, say, or the Qur'an, or the sacred texts of most other religions. The latter texts simply enjoy the considerable advantage of having made their public debut in the shadowy recesses of the ancient past, and are thus much harder to refute.

  Jon Krakauer

  Book, Past, Mind

  Jon Krakauer (2013). “Under The Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith”, p.79, Pan Macmillan

• When I start any book, I have no idea what I'm going to do.

  Jon Krakauer

  Book, Ideas, No Idea

• ...books possess an ounce-of-weight to minute-of-entertainment ratio that compares quite favorably to intoxicants.

  Jon Krakauer

  Book, Weight, Ratios

  Jon Krakauer (2012). “Eiger Dreams: Ventures among men and mountains”, p.48, Pan Macmillan

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