All this, and discontent too! Otherwise, why am I sitting here dreaming of England? Why am I gazing at this campfire like a lost should seeking a hope when all that I love is at my wingtips? Because I am curious. Because I am incorrigibly, now, a wanderer.
I do not know where to go, but I have been on the road.
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Miyakahi Hayao
While she was in transit, being unattached was exhilarating, but the moment she stopped, so did the high.
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Whitney Otto
The natural tenderness and delicacy of our constitution, added to the many dangers we are subject to from your sex, renders it almost impossible for a single lady to travel without injury to her character. And those who have a protector in a husband have,...
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Abigail Adams
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
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Lao Tzu
Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.
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Anita Desai
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