“The muse in charge of fantasy wears good, sensible shoes.”

“Seem like a lot of people wear shoes they can't walk in.”

“.. its not so much about the shoes, but the person wearing them”

“Better to wear worn shoes than to polish the boots of shop owner.”

“Old friends, like old shoes, are comfortable. But old shoes, unlike old friends, tend not to be supportive: it is easier to stumble and sprain an ankle while wearing a pair of old shoes than it is in new shoes, with their less yielding leather.”

“it wasn't the mountain ahead that wears you out, but the grain of sand in your shoe”

“In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and even clothes, the discussion of fur is childish.”

“I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.”

“Often it isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the little pebble in your shoe.”

“No matter what you wear… to me, you will always have diamonds on the soles of your shoes.”