“There is a destination but no way there; what we refer to as way is hesitation.”
Source: The Zürau Aphorisms
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Sherry Argov (1977) American writer
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Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
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Henry Miller book Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
Source: Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
“Written kisses don't reach their destination, rather they are drunk on the way by the ghosts.”
Franz Kafka book Letters to Milena
Source: Letters to Milena
“One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things.”
Henry Miller book Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
Variant: Often misquoted as "One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things".
Source: Miller, H. (1957). Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
Samuel R. Delany book Neveryóna
Source: Neveryóna (1983), Chapter 13, “Of Survival, Celebration, and Unlimited Semiosis” (p. 404)
