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“Finally, she mused that human existence is as brief as the life of autumn grass, so what was there to fear from taking chances with your life?”
― Mo Yan, Red Sorghum

“Mountains are the means, the man is the end. The goal is not to reach the top of the mountains, but to improve the man.”
― Aron Ralston, 127 Hours Movie Tie- In: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

“Eventually, I sickened of people, myself included, who didn’t think enough of themselves to make something of themselves—people who did only what they had to and never what they could have done. I learned from them the infected loneliness that comes at the end of every misspent day. I knew I could do better. —MARK TWIGHT, “I Hurt, Therefore I Am”
― Aron Ralston, Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Basis of the Motion Picture 127 Hours

“there are a million things we survive every day without recognizing we were ever at risk. Then we have a close call, and we become acutely aware of what that fraction of an inch or that split second means.”
― Aron Ralston, Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Basis of the Motion Picture 127 Hours