The revelation that he was merely human, and frightfully so, was beyond my power to forgive.

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

It is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to assume that if you want something badly enough, it is your God-given right to have it.

I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here... rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth.

What if I were smiling and running into your arms? Would you see then what I see now?

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

I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong, but to feel strong... to measure yourself at least once.

According to the moral absolutism that characterizes McCandless's beliefs, a challenge in which a successful outcome is assured isn't a challenge at all.

But [Everett] and McCandless, at least they tried to follow their dream. That’s what was great about them. They tried. Not many do.

Happiness [is] only real when shared

When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines upon you.

It is difficult to have faith when our hearts are consumed by fear, but it is when we are afraid that we need to hang onto our faith the most.

I thought I can throw away all my memories but whenever I tell my mind to do it, memories stick it more...!!

Is that the longest fifth set ever? It was? So, no, I've never played one longer than that!

Music is so hard to talk about in many ways, It communicates beyond what our language can put across, and having to sit there and analyze it and talk about it is a struggle for me.

Telling others about oneself is...no simple matter. It depends on what we think they think we ought to be like

I was frustrated. I was doing some bad movies, movies that I knew going in were not going to be great.

Every part is disposed to unite with the whole, that it may thereby escape from its own incompleteness.

The hopeful man sees success where others see failure, sunshine where others see shadows and storm.

By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death will seize the doctor too.

I pay for things cause I want that slight edge over others.