The Worst Journey in the World: Ranked number 1 in National Geographic’s 100 Best Adventure Books of All Time (Vintage Classics)

by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

And it’s no good worrying about what can’t be helped.

is not strength of body but rather strength of will which carries a man farthest where mind and body are taxed at the same time to their utmost limit.

Misfortunes rarely come singly.

I am told that when confronted by a lunatic or one who under the influence of some great grief or shock contemplates suicide, you should take that man out-of-doors and walk him about: Nature will do the rest.