“Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.”
Matsuo Bashō, Narrow Road to the Interior and other writings, Boston, 2000, p. 3 (Translation: Sam Hamill)
Oku no Hosomichi
Variant: The journey itself is my home.
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Japanese poet 1644–1694Related quotes
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