Jon Krakauer, Into The Wild

Quotes

• “I understood what he was doing, that he had spent four years fulfilling the absurd and tedious duty of graduating from c...”
• “According to the moral absolutism that characterizes McCandless's beliefs, a challenge in which a successful outcome is ...”
• “I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong, but to feel strong... to measure yourself ...”
• “Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the...”
• “I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here... rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me tr...”
• “What if I were smiling and running into your arms? Would you see then what I see now?”
• “Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don't want one.”
• “When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines upon you.”
• “It's not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong.”
• “Happiness [is] only real when shared”