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“The labourer awoke and saw that the princess, the flying carpet, and the magic table loth were gone. Only his walking boots remained.”
― Francis Spufford, Red Plenty

“Rousseau's relentless self-examination did result in the internal appearance of a frail, wavering image of primitive, wild, innocent man. And as that ghostly image gradually took shape - he imagined it as a furtive shadow slipping behind the oaks - he perceived it not as fierce or brutish, ruled by disordered impulses and violent instincts, but rather as timid, absolutely adjusted to a motherly, enveloping Nature, and essentially solitary and happy.”
― Frédéric Gros, A Philosophy of Walking

“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
― Soren Kierkegaard

“For five years, he spent his winters learning. Long walks were for springtime.”
― Frédéric Gros, A Philosophy of Walking