“Keep your eyes peeled. You might just see Christmas yet”

“Yet happiness isn't something you chase, it's something you are. It's something you think, it's something you believe.”

“Stop staring and call your brother', Dane snaps over his shoulder as he heads toward the stairs.”

“All warfare that is not defensive is criminal.”

“You can set your mind to anything, just keep concentrating.”

“That's what coming face-to-face with six months in the woods will do to you: as soon as you realize you have the chance to be a different person, you become one. You can forget who you are. This is no accident when you've spent miles wondering, with every labored step, Who is this person who has decided to try this?--wondering who you are. You have nothing but time to answer the question, to give a new account of yourself. Your only witness might be a blanket of cool moss on a sunny day, or a panorama of endless mountains, or a young doe gazing by the Trail. You've yet to discover that the journey is the destination. So you lose yourself, then you find yourself again, farther along.”

“a college education I would never propose - a bachelor's degree won't even keep you in clothes”