The porters could always be coaxed to continue a little further through driving rain by the mere suggestion of a Pot Noodle at the end.

Any man who has ever led an army, an expedition, or a group of Boy Scouts has sadism in his bones.

If hot food is they key to maintaining an expedition's stamina, then low grade gut-rot alcohol is the key to sustaining its sense of pleasure.

The forest did not tolerate frailty of body or mind. Show your weakness, and it would consume you without hesitation.

There comes a stage at which a man would rather die cleanly by a bullet than by the unknown terror of the phantom in the forest.

I was no longer troubled when he pulled out a machete in a crowded bar, tried to pick up schoolgirls, or threatened to scalp us, then rip off our heads and scoop out our brains.

Previous journeys in search of treasure have taught me that a zigzag strategy is the best way to get ahead.

The inertia of a jungle village is a dangerous thing. Before you know it your whole life has slipped by and you are still waiting there.

The rain of Madre de Dios is similar to that of the Amazon, but there is a petrifying aspect to it, as if it seeks to wound rather than to nurture.

On a hard jungle journey nothing is so important as having a team you can trust.

On a harsh expedition, there's no space for anyone who does not intend to finish.

Don't try to understand women.Women don't want to be understood, they just want to be loved.It is men who crave understanding.

There is less teaching about sin, and very little warning of judgment.

When facts give way to faith, then and only then have you unlocked the possibilities within!

Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.

As a writer, you have to realize that people want to like the characters, so you have to be careful to keep them involved.

At the end of the day, the Detroiter may be the most important American there is because no one knows better than he that we're all standing at the edge of the shaft.

The bigger question, rather than what's true and what's false, is what do we want?

This is the greatest and most fraught romance of modern society, the marriage between the IT staff and those who depend on them.

This is the tragedy of modernity: as with neurotically overprotective parents, those trying to help are often hurting us the most.

Ambition is priceless, its something that's in your veins.