7 Quotes by Richard Proenneke

I enjoy working for my heat. I don't just press a button or twist a thermostat dial. I use the big crosscut saw and the axe, and while I'm getting my heat supply I'm working up an appetite that makes simple food just as appealing as anything a French chef could create.

I don't confuse my digestive system, I just season simple food with hunger

There is always a sadness about packing. I guess you wonder if where you're going is as good as where you've been.

The more I see as I sit here among the rocks, the more I wonder about what I am not seeing.

I don’t confuse my digestive system, I just season simple food with hunger.

I enjoy working for my heat. I don’t just press a button or twist a thermostat dial. I use the big crosscut saw and the axe, and while I’m getting my heat supply I’m working up an appetite that makes simple food just as appealing as anything a French chef could create.

Eight and a half miles can be covered in minutes in a car on an expressway, but what does a man see? What he gains in time he loses in benefit to his body and mInd.