He who travels much has this advantage over others – that the things he remembers soon become remote, so that in a short time they acquire the vague and poetical quality which is only given to other things by time. He who has not traveled at all has this disadvantage – that all his memories are of things present somewhere, since the places with which all his memories are concerned are present.

Thoughts: And, The Broom [or The Flower of the Desert] (ed. Hesperus Press, 2002) - ISBN: 9781843910121