Eric Shipton quotes
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“There are few treasures of more lasting worth than the experiences of a way of life that is in itself wholly satisfying. Such, after all, are the only possessions of which no fate, no cosmic catastrophe can deprive us; nothing can alter the fact if for one moment in eternity we have really lived.”
-- Eric ShiptonSource : Eric Shipton (2014). “Nanda Devi”, p.8, Vertebrate Publishing
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“Er, I say, are you going to be able to get me out?”
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“The most important thing about expedition food is that there is some”
-- Eric Shipton
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“But dreams change. Fate has a way showing you paths you want more.”
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Source : "Andrew Motion: 'The day I stopped being laureate, the poems that had been very few and far between came back to me'". Interview With William Skidelsky, www.theguardian.com. March 16, 2012.
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“War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life.”
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Source : "The Heart of Things".
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