William Least Heat-Moon

“When you're a stranger, you're easier to trust.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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 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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“Fear is the brother of violence.”

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

“The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.”

“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 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.”