What if it's the there and not the here that I long for? The wander and not the wait, the magic in the lost feet stumbling down the faraway street and the way the moon never hangs quite the same. ― Tyler Knott Gregson, Chasers of the Light: Poems from the Typewriter Series Image: Full moon … Continue reading Quote for Today: Tyler Knott Gregson
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Quote for Today: Rebecca Solnit
Suddenly I came out of my thoughts to notice everything around me again-the catkins on the willows, the lapping of the water, the leafy patterns of the shadows across the path. And then myself, walking with the alignment that only comes after miles, the loose diagonal rhythm of arms swinging in synchronization with legs in … Continue reading Quote for Today: Rebecca Solnit
Quote for Today: Herman Hesse
A longing to wander tears my heart when I hear trees rustling in the wind at evening. If one listens to them silently for a long time, the longing reveals its kernel, its meaning. It is not so much a matter of escaping from one's suffering, though it may seem to be so. It is … Continue reading Quote for Today: Herman Hesse
Quote for Today: Mark Helprin
Quite possibly there's nothing as fine as a big freight train starting across country in early summer, Hardesty thought. That's when you learn that the tragedy of plants is that they have roots. ―Mark Helprin, Winter's Tale Public Domain Image via Pixabay
Quote for Today: John Steinbeck
I saw in their eyes something I was to see over and over in every part of the nation- a burning desire to go, to move, to get under way, anyplace, away from any Here. They spoke quietly of how they wanted to go someday, to move about, free and unanchored, not toward something but … Continue reading Quote for Today: John Steinbeck
Quote for Today: John Wesley Powell
I am not sure that we can climb out of the canyon here, and, when at the top of the wall, I know enough of the country to be certain that it is a desert of rock and sand. I almost conclude to leave the river. But for years I have been contemplating this trip. To leave the … Continue reading Quote for Today: John Wesley Powell
Quote for Today: Matsuo Bashō
The sun and the moon are eternal voyagers; the years that come and go are travelers too. For those whose lives float away on boats, for those who greet old age with hands clasping the lead ropes of horses, travel is life, travel is home. And many are the men of old who have perished … Continue reading Quote for Today: Matsuo Bashō
Quote for Today: Sir Edmund Hillary
Despite all I have seen and experienced, I still get the same simple thrill out of glimpsing a tiny patch of snow in a high mountain gully and feel the same urge to climb towards it. --Sir Edmund Hillary
Quote for Today: J.R.R. Tolkien
He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams. ―J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring