There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It's mostly about random pointless death and misery.
Jon KrakauerI'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here... rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth.
Jon KrakauerMr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th Century invention and I don't want one. You donโt need to worry about me; I have a college education. Iโm not destitute. I'm living like this by choice.
Jon KrakauerMy reasoning, if one can call it that, was inflamed by the scatter shot passions of youth and a literary diet overly rich in the works of Nietzshe, Kerouac, and John Menlove Edwards.
Jon KrakauerWhen Alex left for Alaska," Franz remembers, "I prayed. I asked God to keep his finger on the shoulder of that one; I told him that boy was special. But he let Alex die. So on December 26, when I learned what happened, I renounced the Lord. I withdrew my church membership and became an atheist. I decided I couldn't believe in a God who would let something that terrible happen to a boy like Alex.
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