“One difficulty that someone who has been in military/government service during war has, is reconciling his/her pride with their horror.”

“The concept of time, as its commonly understood by normalpeople with normal jobs and normal goddamn lives, doesntexist on the road. The nights spread out like the dark,godforsaken highways that dis...”

“It was a practical trip, straight across the country. No pit stops at canned meat museums, no national parks. Just a whole lot of Wynebraskowa.”

“. . . it's part of the adventure!”

“I do not know where to go, but I have been on the road.”

“While she was in transit, being unattached was exhilarating, but the moment she stopped, so did the high.”

“The natural tenderness and delicacy of our constitution, added to the many dangers we are subject to from your sex, renders it almost impossible for a single lady to travel without injury to her ch...”