William Least Heat-Moon

“When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.”

“What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do — especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then.”

“A car is a sentir, a governor, a controller, an isolator. It's a cocoon.”

“Let the blue highways tell you when to stop.”

“The open road is a beckoning, a strangeness, a place where a man can lose himself.”

“There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won't.”

“A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike.”

“The trip was to be a circular transit of the United States: clockwise. The ritual of the circle... was how I would return to myself.”

“To be a stranger is to see things as they are.”

“A man who couldn't make things go right could at least go. He could quit trying to get out of the way of life. Chuck routine. Live the real jeopardy of circumstance.”

“The best discoveries are often the ones you are not looking for.”

“What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do — especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.”

“History is not what happened, but what is remembered.”

“The open road is a beckoning, a strangeness, a place where a man can lose himself.”

“Fear is the brother of violence.”

“A man who couldn't make things go right could at least go. He could quit trying to get out of the way of life. Chuck routine. Live the real jeopardy of circumstance. It was a question of dignity.”

“The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot.”

“There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won't.”

“Real travel is not about the grand sights, but about the small moments.”

“Don't carry a grudge. While you're carrying the grudge, the other guy's out dancing.”