Chistopher Mcandless

• 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 shalt not return, 'cause "the West is the best." 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.

• Mr. Franz I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don't want one.

• ..henceforth will learn to accept my errors, however great they be…

• 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. 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.

• I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong... but to feel strong.

• The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences.

• Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth.

• Surely all Americans have the right to give their money only to those causes which they support. But what kind of society has this created? A society where the ignorant reign. A society where enlightened must hold their tongues. A nation whose politicians must profess half-hearted devotion to an ancient fable or face the disastrous consequences of speaking their true mind."

• Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past.

• I have had a happy life and thank the Lord. Goodbye and may God bless all!