Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don't want one.
("Into the Wild")
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Above the comforts of Base Camp, the expedition in fact became an almost Calvinistic undertaking. The ratio of misery to pleasure was greater by an order of magnitude than any mountain I'd been on; I quickly came to understand that climbing Everest was primarily about enduring pain. And in subjecting ourselves to week after week of toil, tedium and suffering, it struck me that most of us were probably seeking above all else, something like a state of grace.
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We like companionship, see, but we can't stand to be around people for very long. So we go get ourselves lost, come back for a while, then get the hell out again.
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The trip was to be an odyssey in the fullest sense of the word, an epic journey that would change everything.
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What if I were smiling and running into your arms? Would you see then what I see now?
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