Christopher McCandless citáty

„Svoboda a prostá krása jsou příliš dobré nato abych jsem se jich vzdal.“

„Jestli něco ve svém životě chcete, natáhnětě ruku a vemte si to.“

„Někde jsem četl, jak není nutně důležité být silný, ale cítit se silný.“

„Neváhejte a neomlouvejte se. Stačí se jen dostat ven a udělat to. Stačí se jen dostat ven a udělat to. Budete velmi, velmi rádi, že jste to udělali.“

„Štěstí je vskutku opravdové, když se sdílí.“

„Ale ve skutečnosti, není nic škodlivého pro dobrodružného ducha v člověku, než bezpečná budoucnost. Nejzákladnější jádro člověka, žijícího ducha, je jeho vášeň pro dobrodružství.“

„Není větší radosti, než míti nekonečně se měnící se obzor, pro každý den mít nové odlišné slunce.“

„Mýlíte se, pokud si myslíte, že radost vyzařuje pouze hlavně z lidských vztahů. Bůh radost umístil všude kolem nás. Je ve všem a v čemkoliv, co bychom mohli zažít. Musíme jen mít odvahu obrátit se proti svému obvyklému životnímu stylu a zapojit se do nekonvenčního života.“

“HAPPINESS ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED.”

“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 Revolution! Ten Days + 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 [double underline under "Wild"]. Alexander Supertramp May 1992.”

“Greetings from Fairbanks! This is the last you shall hear from me Wayne. Arrived here 2 days ago. It was very difficult to catch rides in the Yukon Territory, but I finally got here. Please return all mail I receive to the sender. It might be a very long time before I return South. If this adventure proves fatal and you don't ever hear from me again I want you to know your [sic] a great man. I now walk into the wild. Alex.”

“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 damaging 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 their [sic] is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.”

“You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only of principaly [sic] from human relation[ships]. God has placed it all around us. It is in everything and anything we might experience. We just have to have the courage to turn against our habitual lifestyle and engage in unconventional living.”

“BEAUTIFUL BLUEBERRIES.”

“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.”

“A. S. O.. S. I NEED YOUR HELP. I AM INJURED, NEAR DEATH, AND TOO WEAK TO HIKE OUT OF HERE. I AM ALL ALONE, THIS IS NO JOKE [double underline]. IN THE NAME OF GOD, PLEASE REMAIN TO SAVE ME. I AM OUT COLLECTING BERRIES CLOSE BY AND SHALL RETURN THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, CHRIS McCANDLESS. AUGUST ?”