...a society without jaywalkers might indicate a society without artists.

Even if I were traveling with you, your trip would not be mine.

A gun show is about like-minded people who feel as if everything has been taken away from them - jobs, money, pride.

I believe I have a sunny disposition, and am not naturally a grouch. It takes a lot of optimism, after all, to be a traveler.

It might be said that a great unstated reason for travel is to find places that exemplify where one has been happiest. Looking for idealised versions of home-indeed, looking for the perfect memory.

It is usually expensive and lonely to be principled.

One of the pleasures of reading is seeing this alteration on the pages, and the way, by reading it, you have made the book yours.