To anyone writing about #dawnwall, this is not an effort to 'conquer.' It's about realizing a dream.

I think everyone has their own secret Dawn Wall to complete one day, and maybe they can put this project in their own context.

I'm learning new levels of patience, perseverance and desire.

The common thread in all of my climbing is it was something new, something never done before. That commonality is more important than the discipline.

When you would grab that last hole you could literally feel all of the hope, desire and stress drop off of you.

When you're climbing with someone who always sees the bright spot, even if there is no bright spot, that attitude is really helpful.

I like to control the risk I take. And when risk is taken out of my hands, it frustrates me.

The heart makes its choices without weighing the consequences. It doesn't look ahead to the lonely nights that follow.

All things in Fiji are paid for in blood.

Breathe in, breathe out. Over and over again.Just to prove a broken heart can't really kill you.

Life is a tragedy. so, walk through it with a dam SMILE

Every moment of the nightForever changing placesAnd they put out the star-lightWith the breath from their pale faces

The train hit her with the sound of a meat-filled hefty bag smacking the pavement, and the effect was much the same, I guess. (Dark City Lights)

Bernie Ebbers and Ken Lay were caricatures - they were easy to spot. They were almost psychopaths. But it's much harder to spot problems at companies like Royal Dutch [Shell].

The government transfers income and wealth according to the rules of politics, which make politicians the primary beneficiaries of the system, and the poor and needy the primary victims.

All of my problems are rather complicated - I need an entire novel to deal with them, not a short story or a movie. It's like a personal therapy.

The most elusive knowledge of all is self-knowledge.