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Strolling Quotes by Rebecca Solnit
- For [Jane Austen and the readers of Pride and Prejudice], as for Mr. Darcy, [Elizabeth Bennett's] solitary walks express the independence that literally takes the…
- The famous Zen parable about the master for whom, before his studies, mountains were only mountains, but during his studies mountains were no longer mountains,…
- Perhaps walking is best imagined as an 'indicator species,' to use an ecologist's term. An indicator species signifies the health of an ecosystem, and its…
- Walking . . . is how the body measures itself against the earth.
- A path is a prior interpretation of the best way to traverse a landscape.
More Strolling Quotes
- Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are. — Alfred Austin
- We carry within us the wonders we seek without us. — Thomas Browne
- Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going to fast - you also miss the sense… — Eddie Cantor
- It's always fun to walk down the street with or behind a really beautiful woman, for no reason other than to see… — Jonathan Carroll
- The people who pretend that dying is rather like strolling into the next room always leave me unconvinced. Death, like birth, must… — J. B. Priestley
- We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think we can! Every great achievement in this world was first… — George Matthew Adams
- Strolling on, it seems to me that the strangeness and wonder of existence are emphasized here, in the desert, by the comparative… — Edward Abbey
- Paris... is a world meant for the walker alone, for only the pace of strolling can take in all the rich (if… — Edmund White