“Instead of insight, maybe all a man gets is strength to wander for a while. Maybe the only gift is a chance to inquire, to know nothing for certain. An inheritance of wonder and nothing more.”

— William Least Heat-Moon , book Blue Highways

Part Six, Chapter 9.
Blue Highways (1982)

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