“We are born to wander through a chaos field. And yet we do not become hopelessly lost, because each walker who comes before us leaves behind a trace for us to follow.”
― On Trails: An Exploration
― On Trails: An Exploration
“The key to understanding any people is in its art: its writing, painting, sculpture.”
― Education of a Wandering Man: A Memoir
― Education of a Wandering Man: A Memoir
“We are, finally, all wanderers in search of knowledge. Most of us hold the dream of becoming something better than we are, something larger, richer, in some way more important to the world and ourselves. Too often, the way taken is the wrong way, with too much emphasis on what we want to have, rather than what we wish to become.”
― Education of a Wandering Man: A Memoir
― Education of a Wandering Man: A Memoir
“Have you noticed how nobody ever looks up? Nobody looks at chimneys, or trees against the sky, or the tops of buildings. Everybody just looks down at the pavement or their shoes. The whole world could pass them by and most people wouldn't notice.”
― The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
― The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
“Indeed, I find that distance lends perspective and I often write better of a place when I am some distance from it. One can be so overwhelmed by the forest as to miss seeing the trees.”
― Education of a Wandering Man: A Memoir
― Education of a Wandering Man: A Memoir
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