“Road, n. A strip of land along which one may pass from where it is too tiresome to be to where it is futile to go.”

— Ambrose Bierce, book The Devil's Dictionary

The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

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American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabu… 1842–1914

Dean Koontz (1945) American author

Source: The Book Of Counted Sorrows

“But one must go where one's road leads, even when it's a distressing road.”

Piers Anthony (1934) English-American writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres

Source: Crewel Lye

“So where to now St. Peter,
If it's true I'm in your hands?
I may not be a Christian,
But I've done all one man can.
I understand I'm on the road
Where all that was is gone.
So where to now St. Peter?
Show me which road I'm on, br>Which road I'm on.”

Elton John (1947) English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist

Where to Now St. Peter?
Song lyrics, Tumbleweed Connection (1970)

“❝Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.❞”

Rita Mae Brown (1944) Novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist

“Where lies the land to which the ship would go?
Far, far ahead, is all her seamen know.
And where the land she travels from? Away,
Far, far behind, is all that they can say.”

Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861) English poet

Where Lies the Land to Which the Ship Would Go? http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/491.html, st. 1 (1852).

“I came upon a child of god,
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, where are you going
And this he told me:
"I’m going on down to Yasgur’s farm”

Joni Mitchell (1943) Canadian musician

"Woodstock"
Songs
Context: I came upon a child of god,
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, where are you going
And this he told me:
"I’m going on down to Yasgur’s farm
I’m going to join in a rock ’n’ roll band
I’m going to camp out on the land,
I’m going to try an’ get my soul free.

“There are some places … that the road doesn't go in a circle. There are some places where the road keeps going.”

Gary Ross (1956) American film director

David Wagner/Bud Parker
Pleasantville (1998)

“There's more to getting to where you're going then just knowing there's a road.”

Joan Lowery Nixon (1927–2003) American children's writer and journalist

Source: In The Face of Danger