I read. That's my form of travel.

Michael Finkel
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I read. That's my form of travel. is a quote from the movie "The 40-Year-Old Virgin". It is a line that is said at the end of the movie when Steve Thomas' character, Andy, finally gets a book that he has been wanting to read, and he says it to his girlfriend at the end of a very long conversation.

Source: The Stranger In The Woods: The Extraordinary Story Of The Last True Hermit

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