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“Trust me, it's paradise. This is where the hungry come to feed. For mine is the generation that travels the globe and searches for something we haven't tried before. So never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite & never outstay the welcome. Just keep your mind open and suck in the experience— And if it hurts, you know what? It's probably worth it.”
― The Beach
― The Beach
“The right ending is an open door you can't see too far out of. It can mean exactly the opposite of what you are thinking.”
― Coming Through Slaughter
― Coming Through Slaughter
“In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child. In the woods, is perpetual youth.”
― Nature and Selected Essays
― Nature and Selected Essays
“The joyful will stoop with sorrow, and when you have gone to the earth I will let my hair grow long for your sake, I will wander through the wilderness in the skin of a lion”
― In the Skin of a Lion
― In the Skin of a Lion
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