Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Leaving ourselves behind

The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do, just as one pleases.
We go a journey chiefly to be free of all impediments and of all inconveniences;
to leave ourselves behind, much more to get rid of others.
It is because I want a little breathing-space to muse on indifferent matters. . .

            William Hazlitt, On Going a Journey