Walt McCandless: We want to buy you a new car.
Billie McCandless: That's right.
Chris McCandless: A new car?
Billie: Mmm-hmm.
Chris: Why would I want a new car? Datsun runs great. Do you think I want some fancy boat? Are you worried what the neighbors might think?
Billie: Well, we weren't gonna get you a brand new Cadillac, Chris. We just want to get you a nice new car that's safe to drive. And you never know when that thing out there just might blow up.
Chris: Blow up. Blow up? Are you guys crazy? It's a great car. I don't need a new car. I don't want a new car. I don't want anything.
Billie: Okay.
Chris: These things, things, things, things.
Billie: Okay.
Walt: Everything has to be difficult.
Chris: Thank you.
[...]
Chris McCandless: I don't need money. Makes people cautious.
Jan Burres: Come on, Alex. You gotta be a little cautious. I mean, that book of yours is cool and everything, but you can't depend entirely on leaves and berries.
Chris: I don't know if you want to depend on much more than that.
Jan: Where are your mom and dad?
Chris: Living their lies somewhere.
Jan: You look like a loved kid. Be fair.
Chris: Fair?
Jan: You know what I mean.
Chris: I'll paraphrase Thoreau here. "Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness, give me truth."
[...]
Wayne Westerberg: Outdoorsman. What's your fascination with all that stuff?
Chris McCandless: I'm going to Alaska.
Wayne: Alaska, Alaska? Or city Alaska? Because they do have markets in Alaska. The city of Alaska. Not in Alaska. In the city of Alaska, they have markets.
Chris: No, man. Alaska, Alaska. I'm gonna be all the way out there, all the way fucking out there. Just on my own. You know, no fucking watch, no map, no ax, no nothing. No nothing. Just be out there. Just be out there in it. You know, big mountains, rivers, sky, game. Just be out there in it, you know? In the wild.
Wayne: In the wild.
Chris: Just wild.
Wayne: Yeah.
Chris: Just . . .
Wayne: What are you doing when we're there? Now you're in the wild, what are we doing?
Chris: You're just living, man. You're just there, in that moment, in that special place and time.
Wayne: Yeah.
Chris: Maybe when I get back, I can write a book about my travels.
Wayne: Why not?
Chris: You know, about getting out of this sick society. Society!


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