Brian Ernest Brown

“Inevitably bouts with obstacles offer discouragement as you cut every tether holding you from freedom.”
― Jessica Bruder, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century

“Still, the last sad memory hovers round, and sometimes drifts across like floating mist, cutting off sunshine and chilling the remembrance of happier times. There have been joys too great to be described in words, and there have been griefs upon which I have not dared to dwell; and with these in mind I say: Climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are nought without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end. EDWARD WHYMPER,
SCRAMBLES AMONGST THE ALPS”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“While living in the van started off as an experiment, it was clear to me that it was a way of life I’d never truly leave.”
― Ken Ilgunas, Walden on Wheels: On the Open Road from Debt to Freedom

“Joyce said, ‘When the soul of a man is born… there are nets flung at it to hold it back from flight. You talk to me of nationality, language, religion. I shall try to fly by those nets.”
― Ken Ilgunas, Walden on Wheels: On the Open Road from Debt to Freedom