“It should not be denied that being footloose has always exhilarated...” – Christopher McCandless / Alexander Supertramp, Into the Wild ... Movie Quotes Database

Christopher McCandless / Alexander Supertramp Emile Hirsch

[quoting Wallace Stegner]

It should not be denied that being footloose has always exhilarated us. It is associated in our minds with escape from history and oppression and law and irksome obligations. Absolute freedom. And the road has always led west.

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