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

“It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching.”

“The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait until that other is ready, and it may be a long time before they get off.”

“A space of time costs of various modes of transportation, e. g., travel taking longer on foot than by air, longer upstream than down.”

“In the valley a bicycle is just as necessary as a pair of shoes, in fact more so. Because even if a man hasn’ t any shoes he can still ride a bicycle, whereas if he hasn’ t a bicycle he must surely travel on foot.”

“When you sit face to face with someone who is pleasant, respectful, and polite, you have hard time reminding yourself that nothing he says is true/sincere.”

“He spent the whole time sitting on a log in the woodshed, sometimes starting straight ahead with the fixity of a blind man who knows that even if he turns his head in the other direction he will still not see anything”

“Oh, sit down! You're as dumb as he is!”

“There's a boy who they call Pony! He's always acting gross and horny! He thinks he's got a lot down there, but he sure wears tiny underwear!”

“Time-travelers lie a lot.”