Friends without a cause
Yesterday, as I was comfortably lying on my bed and reading the book Into the Wild I came about something. I had to choose a quote from the twenty painful pages I had to read from my English 1000 class. The quote that stood out to me was actually a quote from a different book. Chris McCandless highlighted the quote from his book and was found after his death. It read,
“I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love. I felt in myself a superabundance of energy which found no outlet in our quiet life.” –Tolstoy, “Family Happiness”
As soon as I read it I couldn’t help myself but to read the quote over and over, swallowing each word every time I read it. I wanted to know what it meant, every sentence, every phrase. It reminded me home and the people I’ve left behind. I miss them dearly. I knew that coming here to further my education was a sacrifice I had to make for them and that no matter what the never-ending love I have to offer is too much for me to understand. So therefore, I knew that even though I am “alone” over here in this big town I still have something that can remind me of what I once had.
