Kaitlin

“...the odor of literature as a stopgap, of words piled one upon the other to avoid taking action or to console oneself for being incapable of it.”
― René Daumal, Mount Analogue

“Keep your eye fixed on the way to the top, but don't forget to look right in front of you. The last step depends on the first. Don't think you're there just because you see the summit. Watch your footing, be sure of the next step, but don't let that distract you from the highest goal. The first step depends on the last.”
― René Daumal, Mount Analogue

“Never halt on a shifting slope. Even if you think you have a firm foothold...”
― René Daumal, Mount Analogue

“If you slip or have a minor fall, don't allow yourself an instant's pause. Find your pace again the moment you get up. In your mind take careful note of the circumstances of your fall, but don't let your body linger over what happened. The body constantly tries to draw attention to itself by its shiverings, its breathlessness, its palpitations, its shudders and sweats and cramps; but it reacts quickly to any scorn and indifference in its master. Once it senses that he is not taken in by its jeremiads, once it understands that it will inspire no pity for it that way, then it comes into line and obediently accomplishes its task.”
― René Daumal, Mount Analogue