More quotes by Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

"I understood what he was doing, that he had spent four years fulfilling the absurd and tedious duty of graduating from college and now he was emancipated from that world of abstraction, false security, parents, and material excess."
"Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past."
"When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines upon you."
"It's not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong."
"What if I were smiling and running into your arms? Would you see then what I see now?"