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William Least Heat-Moon Quotes: Instead of insight, maybe all a man gets is strength to wander for a while. Maybe the only gift is a chance to inquire, to know nothing for certain. An inheritance of wonder and nothing more.
         

Instead of insight, maybe all a man gets is strength to wander for a while. Maybe the only gift is a chance to inquire, to know nothing for certain. An inheritance of wonder and nothing more.


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Be careful going in search of adventure - it's ridiculously easy to find.

Be careful going in search of adventure - it's ridiculously easy to find.



Instead of insight, maybe all a man gets is strength to wander for a while.

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Beware thoughts that come in the night.



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A true journey, no matter how long the travel takes, has no end.

A true journey, no matter how long the travel takes, has no end.



Without the errors, wrong turns and blind alleys, without the doubling back and misdirection and fumbling and chance discoveries, there was not one bit of joy in walking the labyrinth.

Without the errors, wrong turns and blind alleys, without the doubling back and misdirection and fumbling and chance discoveries, there was not one bit of joy in walking the labyrinth.



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On the old highway maps of America, the main routes were red and the back roads blue. Now even the colors are changing.



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The biggest hindrance to learning is fear of showing one's self a fool.



I can't say, over the miles, that I had learned what I had wanted to know because I hadn't known what I wanted to know. But I did learn what I didn't know I wanted to know.

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