The French word for wanderlust or wandering is ‘errance.’ The etymology is the same as ‘error.’ So to wander is to make mistakes. In other words, to make mistakes, to make errors is sort of the idea of learning through trial and error, allowing the mistakes to be part of the process. Robyn Davidson Read Quote
People who wander are nicer to be with. Movement militates against hoarding possessions and against bigotry, because you are constantly moving across boundaries and having to negotiate with people. Robyn Davidson Read Quote
If you are fragmented and uncertain, it is terrifying to find the boundaries of yourself melt. Robyn Davidson Read Quote
In every religion I can think of, there exists some variation on the theme of abandoning the settled life and walking one’s way to godliness. The Hindu sadhu, the pilgrims of Compostela walking past their sins, the circumambulators of the Buddhist kora, the haj. Robyn Davidson Read Quote
The desert is natural; when you are out there, you can get in tune with your environment, something you lose when you live in the city. Robyn Davidson Read Quote
That arrogance of youth and that kind of ignorant confidence can get you through a whole lot of things, and then life does its stuff, and you get smashed around and beaten up. You get full of doubts, and you end up making a person out of those bits and pieces. Robyn Davidson Read Quote
