I wanted to quit and to do this forever, sleep in a bed and in a tent, see what was over the next hill and never see a hill again. All of this all at once, every moment, on the trail or off.
Bill BrysonYou don't need a science degree to understand about science. You just need to think about it.
Bill BrysonFrom an evolutionary point of view, sex is really just a reward mechanism to encourage us to pass on our genetic material.
Bill BrysonIt was an odd situation. For a century and a half, men got rid of their own hair, which was perfectly comfortable, and instead covered their heads with something foreign and uncomfortable. Very often it was actually their own hair made into a wig. People who couldn't afford wigs tried to make their hair look like a wig.
Bill Bryson