Famous Quotes

"It may, after all, be a bad habit of creative talents to invest themselves in pathological extremes that yield remarkable insights but no durable way of life for those who cannot translate their psychic wounds into significant art or thought.
           - Theodore Roszak -
                       - "In Search of the Miraculous"-
                                     ~ Page 70 of Into the Wild ~

"There was some books.... One was Pilgrim's Progress, about a man that left his family, it didn't say why. I read considerable in it now and then. The statements was interesting, but tough."
          - Mark Twain -
                      - "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" -
                                      ~ Page 61 of Into the Wild ~

"The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck, and under the fierce conditions of trail life it grew and grew. Yet it was a secret growth. His newborn cunning gave him poise and control."
         - Jack London -
                      - "The Call of the Wild" -
                                       ~ Page 38 of Into the Wild ~

It's hard to take over the world when you sleep 20 hours a day.
         - Darby Conley

I think Chris wold like this quote because it is telling the reader to get up and TRY something.  Chris did nothing but try and adventure into new places.

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