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

To the contrary: His life hummed with meaning and purpose. But the meaning he wrested from existence lay beyond the comfortable path: McCandless distrusted the value of things that came easily.

Short form media is reductionist by nature.

The trip was to be an odyssey in the fullest sense of the word, an epic journey that would change everything.

Heaven, for me, is one focused project - it's like a weird form of autism.

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

Don't settle down and sit in one place. Move around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon.