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21 " Do what you can, with what you have, where you are,” wrote Theodore Roosevelt, "
― Carine McCandless , The Wild Truth: A Memoir
22 " I had asked Mr. Forsberg for a suggestion as to where to donate the three hundred dollars, and we had agreed that Chris would want it to go to support nature conservation in Alaska. I put my head down amongst the collection and wept. "
23 " It seemed like everything became centered and peaceful when there was no choice but to make nature the focus. "
24 " I knew that while I headed south, Chris was heading west. Although we had no way to keep in touch, we remained connected as we always had. Neither one of us knew exactly where we were going or what would unfold before us. But we were both absolutely certain of what we must leave behind. "
25 " When you know it’s time to move on from a bad situation, just do it. Keep moving forward and be true to yourself. You are the only one who can ensure your own happiness. "
26 " would read through one of Chris’s books until my eyes gave in to my exhaustion and I could no longer focus. One night as I read from Leo Tolstoy’s Family Happiness, I came across a section where Chris had placed an asterisk in the margin and brackets around the following excerpt: “It is a bad thing,” he said, “not to be able to stand solitude. "
27 " It is a bad thing not to be able to stand solitude. "
28 " Easy is boring, "
29 " He was right in saying that the only certain happiness in life is to live for others. "
30 " We passed the scrambled eggs, toast, and bacon in silence. Fresh fruit and pastries were piled up on silver trays. It felt wrong to have this abundance of food traveling across the same surface that twelve hours earlier had displayed images of my brother slowly starving to death. "
31 " Must revamp my soul and regain deliberate consciousness. "
32 " The events that we suffered are so outlandish in their proportion that it is useless to try to explain them to anybody, because they will never believe you. They will think you are some kind of freak, some kind of outrageous liar and exaggerator. "
33 " I don’t take my frustrations out on people, so I get angry at things instead. "
34 " Chris had known exactly who he was. I believe he had ultimately wanted to find a place in society he fit into while remaining true to that knowledge. "
35 " believe you. I would doubt my own perception because of the faith I have in you. "
36 " I was the marriage counselor. Chris was the divorce attorney. Dad’s "
37 " Perhaps strength doesn’t reside in having never been broken, but in the courage required to grow strong in the broken places. —Kristen "
38 " we covered more distance by tires on pavement than with boots on dirt. "
39 " Storms make oaks take root. —Proverb There’s "
40 " He was right in saying that the only certainhappiness in life is to live for others. —Leo Tolstoy, Family Happiness,passage highlighted by Chris "
