The Chase
"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." T.S. Eliot
“They never knew that it was the chase they sought and not the quarry.” Quote in the Duveen biography by Meryle Secrest:
"The person who finds the treasure will have studied the poem over and over, and thought, and analyzed and moved with confidence. Nothing about it will be accidental." Forrest Fenn
"I see my memoir as being a story that was ordained by some unknown hand. It came to me at age eighty as though my entire life had been waiting for that moment." Forrest Fenn
"The key word is contentment. If you can find it, everything else has already fallen in place." Forrest Fenn
"I find solace in the solitude of the trees." Forrest Fenn
"It is fun to arrange words in such a way that you have to smile at the end of a sentence." Forrest Fenn
"No other hiding place was ever seriously considered...." Forrest Fenn
"I am almost umbilically attached to the spot, and as I approach 89 years my desire to be there is still strong." Forrest Fenn
“My church is in the mountains and along the river bottoms where dreams and fantasies alike go to play” Forrest Fenn
"My vision tells me that it is only a matter of time until someone finds the treasure." Forrest Fenn in 2020.
Forrest gave up control of his legacy in 2020 for selfless reasons, but the dust has finally settled and it's time for him to get credit where credit is long overdue.