19 Quotes by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

"Take it all in all, I do not believe anybody on earth has a worse time than an Emperor penguin."

"The mind of a horse is a very limited concern, relying almost entirely upon memory. He rivals our politicians in that he has little real intellect. Consequently, when the pony was faced with conditions different from those to which he was accustomed, he showed little adaptability."

"And if the worst, or best, happens, and Death comes for you in the snow, he comes disguised as Sleep, and you greet him rather as a welcome friend than a gruesome foe."

"Those Hut Point days, would prove some of the happiest of my life. Just enough to eat and keep warm, no more – no frills or trimmings: there is many a worse and more elaborate life... the luxuries of civilisation satisfy only those wants which they themselves create."

"And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore."

"I for one, had come to that point of suffering at which I did not really care if only I could die without much pain. They talk of the heroism of the dying – the little they know – it would be so easy to die, a dose of morphia, a friendly crevasse, and blissful sleep. The trouble is to go on..."

"Accept yourself: be yourself. That seems a good rule. But which self? Even the simplest of us are complicated enough."

"Generally the risks were taken, for, on the whole, it is better to be a little over-bold than a little over-cautious, while always there was a something inside urging you to do it just because there was a certain risk, and you hardly liked not to do it. It is so easy to be afraid of being afraid!"

"Exploration is the physical expression of the Intellectual Passion."