Christopher McCandless citáty
Christopher McCandless
Datum narození: 12. únor 1968
Datum úmrtí: 1992
Další jména: Christopher Johnson McCandless
Christopher McCandless byl americký cestovatel, který na počátku 90. let minulého století opustil svou rodinu a vydal se napříč Amerikou, z Kalifornie, do Mexika až na Aljašku. O jeho životě byl natočen film Útěk do divočiny (2007) a dokument Rona Lamothe The Call of the Wild (2007).
Citáty Christopher McCandless
„I HAVE HAD A HAPPY LIFE AND THANK THE LORD. GOODBYE AND MAY GOD BLESS All!“
Final written goodbye, August 13, 1992 http://www.christophermccandless.info/bio.html
„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.“
Writing on religious fanaticism in The Emory Wheel student newspaper, October 1987
„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.“
In a letter to Russell Fritz (as known as Ron Franz), April 1992
Zdroj: Mary Ellen Barnes (ed.). Back to the Wild (2nd ed.). Twin Star Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0-9833955-0-8. (pp. 135-137)
„HAPPINESS ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED.“
Written on a page in his copy of Doctor Zhivago
He is attributed to have commented on this Doctor Zhivago passage: "And so it turned out that only a life similar to the life of those around us, merging with it without a ripple, is genuine life, and that an unshared happiness is not happiness..." (Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild, Pan Macmillan, 2011 p. 188; see also http://www.christophermccandless.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5479)
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„BEAUTIFUL BLUEBERRIES.“
Final jounal entry, August 8, 1992. http://www.christophermccandless.info/bio.html
„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.“
In a letter to Russell Fritz (as known as Ron Franz), April 1992
„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 ?“
S. O. S. note http://www.christophermccandless.info/images/chris-mccandless_sos_lancastria.jpg
„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.“
In a postcard sent to Wayne Westerberg, April 27, 1992.
Zdroj: Mary Ellen Barnes (ed.). Back to the Wild (2nd ed.). Twin Star Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0-9833955-0-8. (pp. 172-173)
