“Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.”
The Zoo Story (1959)
Variant: It's one of those things a person has to do; sometimes a person has to go a very long distance out of his way to come back a short distance correctly.
Source: The American Dream & The Zoo Story
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