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title: "1 Thursday Quotes By William Least Heat-Moon"
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> [The hotel was once where things coalesced, where you could meet both townspeople and travelers. Not so in a motel. No matter how you build it, the motel remains the haunt of the quick and dirty, where the only locals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-least-heat-moon/the-hotel-was-once-where-things-coalesced-where-you-could-meet-both/)

[William Least Heat-Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-least-heat-moon/)

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## More by William Least Heat-Moon

> [I like the digressive kind of traveling, where there's not a particular, set, goal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-least-heat-moon/i-like-the-digressive-kind-of-traveling-where-there-s-not-a/)

[William Least Heat-Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-least-heat-moon/)

> [Memory is each man's own last measure, and for some, the only achievement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-least-heat-moon/memory-is-each-man-s-own-last-measure-and-for-some-the-only/)

[William Least Heat-Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-least-heat-moon/)

> [I have not been on any river that has more of a distinctive personality than does the Missouri River. It's a river that immediately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-least-heat-moon/i-have-not-been-on-any-river-that-has-more-of-a-distinctive/)

[William Least Heat-Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-least-heat-moon/)

> [At the beginning we learn to travel, then we travel to learn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-least-heat-moon/at-the-beginning-we-learn-to-travel-then-we-travel-to-learn/)

[William Least Heat-Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-least-heat-moon/)

> [Beware thoughts that come in the night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-least-heat-moon/beware-thoughts-that-come-in-the-night/)

[William Least Heat-Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-least-heat-moon/)

> [The four horsemen of the prairie are tornado, locust, drought, and fire, and the greatest of these is fire, a rider with two faces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-least-heat-moon/the-four-horsemen-of-the-prairie-are-tornado-locust-drought-and-fire/)

[William Least Heat-Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-least-heat-moon/)

> [For me, writing is not a search for explanations but a ramble in quest of what informs a place, a hunt for equivalents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-least-heat-moon/for-me-writing-is-not-a-search-for-explanations-but-a-ramble-in-quest/)

[William Least Heat-Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-least-heat-moon/)

> [New ways of seeing can disclose new things: the radio telescope revealed quasars and pulsars, and the scanning electron microscope showed the whiskers of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-least-heat-moon/new-ways-of-seeing-can-disclose-new-things-the-radio-telescope/)

[William Least Heat-Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-least-heat-moon/)

> [When you're travelling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-least-heat-moon/when-you-re-travelling-you-are-what-you-are-right-there-and-then/)

[William Least Heat-Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-least-heat-moon/)

> [“road so crooked it could run for the legislature,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-least-heat-moon/road-so-crooked-it-could-run-for-the-legislature/)

[William Least Heat-Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-least-heat-moon/)

> [The biggest hindrance to learning is fear of showing one's self a fool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-least-heat-moon/the-biggest-hindrance-to-learning-is-fear-of-showing-one-s-self-a-fool/)

[William Least Heat-Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-least-heat-moon/)

> [Be careful going in search of adventure - it's ridiculously easy to find.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-least-heat-moon/be-careful-going-in-search-of-adventure-it-s-ridiculously-easy-to-find/)

[William Least Heat-Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-least-heat-moon/)

> [The thing that overwhelms me when I go out now is the sprawlation of America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-least-heat-moon/the-thing-that-overwhelms-me-when-i-go-out-now-is-the-sprawlation-of/)

[William Least Heat-Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-least-heat-moon/)

> [What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do - especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-least-heat-moon/what-you-ve-done-becomes-the-judge-of-what-you-re-going-to-do/)

[William Least Heat-Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-least-heat-moon/)

> [The hotel was once where things coalesced, where you could meet both townspeople and travelers. Not so in a motel. No matter how you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-least-heat-moon/the-hotel-was-once-where-things-coalesced-where-you-could-meet-both/)

[William Least Heat-Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-least-heat-moon/)

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