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“I had to be self-contained, a kind of casual turtle carrying his house on his back.”
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
“I had never realized before how quickly men deteriorate without razors and clean shirts. They are like potted plants that go to weed unless they are pruned and tended daily. A single day's growth beard makes a man look careless; two days', derelict; and four days', polluted. Blix and Weston hadn't shaved for three.”
― West with the Night
― West with the Night
“A map in the hands of a pilot is a testimony of a man's faith in other men; it is a symbol of confidence and trust. It is not like a printed page that bears mere words, ambiguous and artful, and whose most believing reader - even whose author, perhaps - must allow in his mind a recess for doubt. A map says to you, 'Read me carefully, follow me closely, doubt me not.' It says, 'I am the earth in the palm of your hand. Without me, you are alone and lost.”
― West with the Night
― West with the Night
“We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.”
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
“After that, work and hope. But never hope more than you work”
― West with the Night
― West with the Night
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