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Katya Kean
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“When a young person is moved by a passion and feels compelled to go on this sort of quest, I think you have to let him. You can't stop him. In our culture we don't have formal rights of passage like in some ancient cultures. Subjecting yourself to risk... may be something you have to go through to be a man or a woman.”
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“Sometimes the facts in my head get bored and decide to take a walk in my mouth. Frequently this is a bad thing.”
― So Yesterday
― So Yesterday
“I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here... rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth. ”
― Into the Wild
― Into the Wild
“True life is lived when tiny changes occur.”
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“According to the moral absolutism that characterizes McCandless's beliefs, a challenge in which a successful outcome is assured isn't a challenge at all.”
― Into the Wild
― Into the Wild
Katya’s 2025 Year in Books
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