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Jon Krakauer Quotes

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“We like companionship, see, but we can’t stand to be around people for very long. So we go get ourselves lost, come back for a while, then get the hell out again.”
— Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild
Tagged: Companies, Solitude, Escapism
“It is true that I miss intelligent companionship, but there are so few with whom I can share the things that mean so much to me that I have learned to contain myself. It is enough that I am surrounded with beauty.”
— Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild
Tagged: Intelligence, Friendship, Companionship, Knowledge
“I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong, but to feel strong... to measure yourself at least once.”
— Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild
Tagged: strength, Bravery, boldness, Limits, Life
“Make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. 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 conservation, 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 there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. If you want to get more out of life, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty.”
— Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild
Tagged: Life, Truth About Life, Truth About Love, Human Experience, Human Existence, Making Change, Adventure
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