Travel. It was an intransitive verb. It didn't involve any destinations. It was going to the going's sake, to be anywhere but where you were, with motion itself as the only object.
Jonathan RabanSpells of acute loneliness are an essential part of travel. Loneliness makes things happen.
Jonathan RabanOver emphatic negatives always suggest that what is being denied may be what is really being asserted.
Jonathan Raban