One of the greatest pleasures, I believe in intelligent, educating, knowledgeable people is wandering in a city, not knowing where one is… so that unexpected experiences may happen.
When Moses descended from the mount, his being was so altered that his face had to be covered, for others could not bear to view him. I would be content to come down, Mount Pellegrini, from my few hours,there, stronger and more solid, and perhaps even more at ease in society — though solitarily so..
I must understand Goethe’s own relationship to his Faust creation.
Stephen Lapeyrouse . . . Notes Dropped Along the Way 