“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.”
— André Gide, 1925
“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.” — André Gide, 1925
The explorer who will not come back or send back his ships to tell his tale is not an explorer, only an adventurer, and his sons are born in exile.
Ursula K. Le Guin • The Dispossessed (Hainish Cycle)
There is no map for this pilgrimage we are on; there is no fixed path. And that is a good thing, because following the paths that others have set for us, the paths that the system confines us to – that is the cause of the problem.
Sharon Blackie • If Women Rose Rooted: A Journey to Authenticity and Belonging
Some things we have only as long as they remain lost, some things are not lost only so long as they are distant.
Rebecca Solnit • A Field Guide to Getting Lost
A life’s work is not a series of stepping-stones onto which we calmly place our feet, but more like an ocean crossing where there is no path, only a heading, a direction, which, of itself, is in conversation with the elements.