“Independent travel does that, bringing temporarily together these wandering ships that would otherwise pass in the night. Relationships were mostly brief and sometimes downright fleeting. The barriers and masks of settled existence melted away, allowing strangers to become fast friends, if only for a day. We travellers needed that, having deliberately stepped away from the social safety net of family, school, work and community.” IfsDoeSometimesSchoolTogetherNightSocialCommunityExistenceNeededIndependentSafetyStrangerShipsWanderMaskBarriersAllowingFleetingTravellerSafety NetSchool Work Author:John Haines
“I faced in myself a passionate and tenacious longing--to put away thought forever, and all the trouble it brings, all but the nearest desire, direct and searching. To take the trail and not look back..Let the rest of mankind find me if it could.” IfsLooksDesireForeverTroubleMankindDirectLongingPassionateTrailsFind MeTenacious Author:John Haines
