“That thing the nature of which is totally unknown to you is usually what you need to find, and finding it is a matter of getting lost. The word ‘lost’ comes from the Old Norse los, meaning the disbanding of an army, and this origin suggests soldiers falling out of formation to go home, a truce with the wide world. I worry now that many people never disband their armies, never go beyond what they know.”
(page 6-7)
Rebecca Solnit, A Field Guide to Getting Lost.
Recommended and lent to me by my sister; later I bought my own copy.
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