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There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It's mostly about random pointless death and misery.

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

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Alex here. (...) Ron, I really enjoy all the help you have given me and the times we spent together. I hope that you will not be too depressed by our ...more

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He was unheeded, happy, and near to the wild heart of life. He was alone and young and wilful and wildhearted, alone amid a waste of wild air and brac...more

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I'd like to repeat the advice that I gave you before, in that I think you really should make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do...more

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I'd like to repeat the advice that I gave you before, in that I think you really should make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do...more

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

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I had some terrific experiences in the wilderness since I wrote you last - overpowering, overwhelming," he gushed to his friend Cornel Tengel. "But si...more

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Now what is history? It is the centuries of systematic explorations of the riddle of death, with a view to overcoming death. That’s why people discove...more

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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 at...more

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I don’t want to know what time it is. I don’t want to know what day it is or where I am. None of that matters.