“A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you
control it.”
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
control it.”
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
“I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist.”
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“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.”
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“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.”
― The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 7: 1966-1974
― The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 7: 1966-1974
“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
― The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything
― The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything
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