Born to Leave
“I will never lose the love for the arriving, but I’m born to leave.”
― Charlotte Eriksson, Empty Roads & Broken Bottles; in search for The Great Perhaps
Tag: depth of life
Traverse A Landscape
“A path is a prior interpretation of the best way to traverse a landscape.”
― Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust: A History of Walking
Wanderess
“What is a Wanderess? Bound by no boundaries, contained by no countries, tamed by no time, she is the force of nature’s course.”
― Roman Payne, The Wanderess
Magic of the Street
“The magic of the street is the mingling of the errand and the epiphany.”
― Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust: A History of Walking
Nowhere
“That’s the place to get to—nowhere. One wants to wander away from the world’s somewheres, into our own nowhere.”
― D.H. Lawrence, Women in Love
Got Me
“The Wanderlust has got me… by the belly-aching fire”
― Robert W. Service, Rhymes of a Rolling Stone
What Awakens Us
“Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.”
– Steven Tyler
When the Rain Comes
“Certain emotions just take you to the notes – being furious, heroic, sad, erotic, when the rain comes.”
– Jeff Buckley
Truth About Life
“Everything takes me longer than I expect. It’s a sad truth about life.”
– Donna Tartt
Couldn’t be Filled
“If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn’t be filled?”
― Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes