I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here... rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth.

...books possess an ounce-of-weight to minute-of-entertainment ratio that compares quite favorably to intoxicants.

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

The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences.

Its not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong.

My 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.

Common sense is no match for the voice of God.