from amelish

I was going to say something silly and Garden State-y about how Walden changed my life, but am rewording because the experience of reading this book was more like...confirmation. Which is to say, I've chosen a certain way to live that I believe is the right one for me, and reading Walden was like...

from SaraPrindiville

Thoreau is my new favorite author. I am going to re-read this book many times in my lifetime. His views on nature, government and everyday life are like no one else's. His observations are profound. It was also great to read about an area I am familiar with.

from TnPeters

This compilation of Thoreau's writings is a national treasure; and this wisdom should be required reading in (preferably the junior year of) high school, and beyond. Thoreau has influenced more great thinkers, as well as plain citizens of the Earth, than has been fully calculated. His life of 45 ...

from amelish

I was going to say something silly and Garden State-y about how Walden changed my life, but am rewording because the experience of reading this book was more like...confirmation. Which is to say, I've chosen a certain way to live that I believe is the right one for me, and reading Walden was like...

from SaraPrindiville

Thoreau is my new favorite author. I am going to re-read this book many times in my lifetime. His views on nature, government and everyday life are like no one else's. His observations are profound. It was also great to read about an area I am familiar with.