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“The word hammockable (describing two trees that are the perfect distance apart between which a hammock can be hung) is not in the dictionary, but it should be. [Of lying in hammocks]”
― The Book of Idle Pleasures
― The Book of Idle Pleasures
“Feeling the Wind in Your Hair
The peak of the cliff sits tantalizingly close. Your hands rest on your knees as you gasp, willing more oxygen into your lungs. You look back with pride down the way you've come. Just a little farther and you'll be there. Your energy now partially restored, you step on and on. The light wind lifts the closer you get to the peak. A plateau soon falls away abruptly down to the sea, and the sweeping air collects and whips into your face. The view is sublime but the payoff comes as you stand--arms stretched wide in triumph--with your eyes closed as the raging wind buffets your face. This wind, collected and grown above oceans, flitting and crashing its way across the waves, finally reaches the shore and clasps itself around you in a fleeting embrace. The crack of its passing meets your ears and slowly it absorbs you--a streaming current of air caressing your rejoicing face.”
― The Book of Idle Pleasures
The peak of the cliff sits tantalizingly close. Your hands rest on your knees as you gasp, willing more oxygen into your lungs. You look back with pride down the way you've come. Just a little farther and you'll be there. Your energy now partially restored, you step on and on. The light wind lifts the closer you get to the peak. A plateau soon falls away abruptly down to the sea, and the sweeping air collects and whips into your face. The view is sublime but the payoff comes as you stand--arms stretched wide in triumph--with your eyes closed as the raging wind buffets your face. This wind, collected and grown above oceans, flitting and crashing its way across the waves, finally reaches the shore and clasps itself around you in a fleeting embrace. The crack of its passing meets your ears and slowly it absorbs you--a streaming current of air caressing your rejoicing face.”
― The Book of Idle Pleasures
“Manchmal muss man reden, um herauszufinden, was man denkt.”
― The Book of Idle Pleasures
― The Book of Idle Pleasures
“Travel is an evolving experience. It doesn't take place in photographs or your past... Instead it's tucked up there in your memory and when you need a bit of it, or a new perspective on something hidden within it, it will emerge into your conscious mind”
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“Ehkäpä joutilaan matkailun paras muoto on yksinäinen kävelyretki. Sen avulla ihminen voi löytää todellisen vapauden vähäisin kuluin ja omistautua unohdetulle ajanvietteelle: ajattelulle. Suuri osa nykyaikaisesta matkailusta on suunniteltu nimenomaan ajattelua estämään.”
― The Idle Traveller: The Art of Slow Travel
― The Idle Traveller: The Art of Slow Travel
“Olipa niin tai näin, vasemman aivopuoliskon havainto maailmasta ja sen järjestyksenhalu on epäilemättä nykyjan länsimaailmassa karanneet käsistä.”
― The Idle Traveller: The Art of Slow Travel
― The Idle Traveller: The Art of Slow Travel
“[On philosophizing] Sometimes you have to talk to find out what you think.”
― The Book of Idle Pleasures
― The Book of Idle Pleasures
“Tie. Se oli niin kauan ollut minulle kyseenalaistamaton matkailun, seikkailun ja pakenemisen symboli, mutta todellisuudessa se on pelkkä surkea metafora. Tie on tunneli, joka vangitsee ihmisen suoraviivaisiin tiloihin, käsitteisiin ja aikaan. Se tarjoaa helppoutta ja mukavuutta, mutta kätkee ihmiseltä kaiken, mitä tämä voisi löytää, jos hänellä vain olisi aikaa ja uteliaisuutta jättää tie taakseen.”
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