"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods
There is a rapture on the lonely shore
There is society, where none intrudes
By the deep sea, and music in its roar
I love not man the less, but Nature more"
"If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed"
"And now after two rambling years comes the final and greatest adventure. The climactic battle to kill the false being within and victoriously conclude the spiritual pilgrimage. Ten days and nights of freight trains and hitchhiking bring him to the Great White North. No longer to be poisoned by civilization he flees, and walks alone upon the land to become lost in the wild "
"The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun "
"So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future."
"Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past."
"Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth"
"Mr. Franz I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don't want one."
"What if I were smiling and running into your arms? Would you see then what i see now?"
"Two years he walks the earth. No phone, no pool, no pets, no cigarettes. Ultimate freedom. An extremist. An aesthetic voyager whose home is the road. Escaped from Atlanta. Thou shall not return, 'cause "the West is the best." And now after two rambling years comes the final and greatest adventure. "
"I will miss you too but you are wrong if you think that the joy of life comes principally from the joy of human relationships. God's placed it all around us, it's in everything and anything we can experience. People just need to change the way they look at things"
"Ultimate Freedom"
"The sea's only gifts are harsh blows, and occasionally the chance to feel strong. Now I don't know much about the sea, but I do know that that's the way it is here. And I also know how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong. To measure yourself at least once. To find yourself at least once in the most ancient of human conditions. Facing the blind death stone alone, with nothing to help you but your hands and your own head."
" It should not be denied that being footloose has always exhilarated us. It is associated in our minds with escape from history and oppression and law and irksome obligations. Absolute freedom. And the road has always led west."
"I have had a happy life and thank the Lord. Goodbye and may God bless all!"
- Christopher Johnson McCandless a.k.a. Alexander "Supertramp" (Feb 12, 1968 - Aug 1992)
