The best Quotes by Christopher McCandless

The best Quotes by Christopher McCandless

Christopher Johnson McCandless (February 12, 1968 – c. August 1992), also known by his pseudonym "Alexander Supertramp", was an American adventurer who sought an increasingly nomadic lifestyle as he grew up. McCandless is the subject of Into the Wild, a nonfiction book by Jon Krakauer that was later made into a full-length feature film.

Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth!

Into the Wild

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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.

Into the Wild

The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure.

Into the Wild

When you want something in life, you just gotta reach out and grab it!

Into the Wild

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.

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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.

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Experience Change

No phone. No pool. No pets. No cigarettes. Ultimate freedom... No longer to be poisoned by civilization, he flees, and walks alone upon the land to become Lost in the Wild.

I have had a happy life and thank the Lord. Goodbye and may God bless all!

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Happiness is only real when shared.

Jon Krakauer in Into the Wild

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

Jon Krakauer in Into the Wild

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Forgiveness & Mercy

Sometimes he tried too hard to make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to each other so often.

Jon Krakauer in Into the Wild

The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences.

Jon Krakauer in Into the Wild

That's what was great about him. He tried. Not many do.

Jon Krakauer in Into the Wild

Das, was vor uns liegt, kann gestaltet werden. Es ist nicht unser unabänderliches Schicksal.

Into the Wild

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

Jon Krakauer in Into the Wild

It's not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong.

Jon Krakauer in Into the Wild

I now walk into the wild.

Jon Krakauer in Into the Wild

It is the experiences, the memories, the great triumphant joy of living to the fullest extent in which real meaning is found. God it's great to be alive! Thank you. Thank you.

Jon Krakauer in Into the Wild

Children can be pretty harsh when it comes to their parents.

Rainey in Into the Wild

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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.

Jon Krakauer in Into the Wild

California has officially announced that jaywalking is now no longer a crime. So congratulations to the Californians who like walking places. This is great news for the six of you.

Trevor Noah in The Daily Show - October 2022

New Mexico. It's another state. I mean, it's like California, just less traffic.

Lalo Salamanca in Better Call Saul - Season 6 Episode 5

California New Mexico

We all have our little faults. Mine's in California.

Lex Luthor in Superman

All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year.

Gloria Swanson

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Helsinki may not be as cold as you make it out to be, but California is still a lot nicer. I don't remember the last time I couldn't walk around in shorts all day.

Linus Torvalds

California Helsinki

The apparent ease of California life is an illusion, and those who believe the illusion real live here in only the most temporary way.

Joan Didion

To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.

Saul Goodman: "How about Florida? You get a tan, meet the Swedish bikini team, you know, swim with the dolphins."
Jesse Pinkman: "What about... Alaska?"
Saul Goodman: "Alaska, okay. Well, that's a different vibe. I never figured you for a big moose lover, but whatever floats your boat."

Saul Goodman in Breaking Bad - Season 5 Episode 11

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Alaska - and that's pretty much the same thing.

Lies are comforting. Truth is painful.

Rebecca Yarros in The Empyrean - Fourth Wing

Sometimes you must hurt in order to know, fall in order to grow, lose in order to gain. Because life's greatest lessons are learned through pain.

Pain / Nagato in Naruto

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Life Pain Hurting Falling down

Well you can't never let anything happen to him. Then nothing would ever happen to him!

Dory in Finding Nemo

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Life Risk Safety

Simba: "Ouh. Jeez, what was that for?"
Rafiki: "It doesn't matter, it's in the past."
Simba: "Yeah, but it still hurts."
Rafiki: "Oh yes, the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it."

Rafiki in The Lion King

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Experience Past

It is not the strong or the smart that survive, but the ones who can bring about change.

Celestia Ludenberg in Danganronpa

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

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