Archive for September 18th, 2007
Henry David Thoreau
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, an obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board. The hospitality was as cold as the ices.
-Henry David Thoreau (Walden, or Life in […]Into the Wild
I am currently reading Into the Wild! This book follows the steps of a young man named Chris McCandless who forgoes a life of wealth and comfort to travel across the US, Mexico, and Canada. Chris finally ends his adventures in Alaska where he is found dead by some moose hunters. This is disclosed on […]