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“I began writing 'Matterhorn' in 1975 and for more than 30 years I kept working on my novel in my spare time, unable to get an agent or publisher to even read the manuscript.”

Writing Years Novel Agents Spares Publishers Manuscripts Spare Time Matterhorn

Author:Karl Marlantes

“Yeah, I mean, climbing's always been a massive hobby of mine up until, kind of, recent times when I've had family, but no, it's been a driving passion in my life and, uh, I've always wanted to climb the Matterhorn. It was the mountain that, sort of, inspired me to climb, as a youngster. So, it was great to be able to get to do it.”

Kind Mean Able Wanted Passion Mines Mountain Yeah Inspired Driving Climbs Massive Climbing Hobbies Youngsters Matterhorn

Author:Andy Serkis

“Matterhorn is my metaphor of the Vietnam War - we built it, we abandoned it, we assaulted it, we lost, and then we abandoned it again.”

War Lost Built Metaphor Vietnam Abandoned Vietnam War Matterhorn

Author:Karl Marlantes

“I am afraid if there is anything to be afraid of. A precipice cannot hurt you. Lions and tigers can. The streets of New York I consider more dangerous than the Matterhorn to a thoroughly competent and careful climber.”

Ifs Hurt Streets Dangerous New York Mountain Careful Lions Tigers Competent Mountain Climbing Precipice Climbers Matterhorn

Author:Annie Smith Peck

“It was all absurd, without reason or meaning. People who didn't know each other were going to kill each other over a hill none of them cared about”

People Knows Reason Absurd Hills Matterhorn

Book:Matterhorn

Source: Matterhorn

“He lay before God as a woman opens herself to a man, with legs apart, stomach exposed, arms open. But unlike some women, he did not have the inner strength that allowed them to do such a thing without fear. There was no woman’s strength in Mellas at all.”

Men Arms Lays Legs Inner Strength Stomach Exposed Matterhorn

Book:Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War

Source: Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War

“As a member of an escorted tour, you don't even have to know the Matterhorn isn't a tuba.”

Knows Funny Members Climbing Tubas Matterhorn

Author:Temple Fielding

“Mathematical study and research are very suggestive of mountaineering. Whymper made several efforts before he climbed the Matterhorn in the 1860's and even then it cost the life of four of his party. Now, however, any tourist can be hauled up for a small cost, and perhaps does not appreciate the difficulty of the original ascent. So in mathematics, it may be found hard to realise the great initial difficulty of making a little step which now seems so natural and obvious, and it may not be surprising if such a step has been found and lost again.”

“War is society's dirty work, usually done by kids cleaning up failures perpetrated by adults.”

War Done Kids Adults Dirty Cleaning Cleaning Up Dirty Work Matterhorn

Book:What It Is Like To Go To War

Source: What It Is Like To Go To War