My house is a place I have spent many years improving to the point where I have no desire to leave it.

I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better.

Going slowly [...] was the best way of being reminded that there is a relationship between Here and There, and that travel narrative was the story of There and Back.

Travel works best when you're forced to come to terms with the place you're in.

It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources.

I'm not pessimistic about Africa. The cities just seem big and hopeless. But there's still a great green heart where there's possibility. There's hope in the wilderness.

Reading is also a journey. It's a process of discovery.