Slow Journey Quotes

I've been on camels before, lumbering slowly through the desert - not hugely exciting, but I enjoyed the 'Lawrence of Arabia' vibe.

It never really mattered to me trying to get somewhere fast because if you get somewhere fast, you probably won't stay there too long.

I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I feel my fate in what I cannot fear. I learn by going where I have to go.

A friend and me took the slowboat from Shanghai to Hong Kong in 1993.

There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat. A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed for that old mower was five miles per hour. It might have taken an hour and a half or more for me to get to the liquor store, but get there I did.

I'm going home the old way with a light hand on the reins making the long approach.

Mr. Right is coming, but he's in Africa and he's walking.

As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow.

Life tells you to take the elevator, but love tells you to take the stairs.

The Tigris in parts is wonderfully tortuous, and at one great bend, 'The Devil's Elbow,' a man on foot can walk the distance in less than an hour which takes the steamer four hours to accomplish.