“I have known Nature. I have known Civilization. Civilization is better.”

“As I walked back to civilization, I realized that for the first time in the six months I had known Curran, we had managed to have a conversation and part ways without wanting to kill each other. I found that fact deeply troubling.”

“I think in our desire to create a better America,we have to have civilized debate in this country and not just yelling.”

“It is a fine line, in all of us, between civilization and savagery. To any who think they would never cross it, I can only say, if you have never known what it is to be utterly betrayed and abandoned, you cannot know how close it is.”

“If I had known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself!”

“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”