Sometimes he counts himself to sleep by imagining.... : Quote by John Pipkin

“ Sometimes he counts himself to sleep by imagining the miles between stars like the succession of footsteps cleaving him from his home, as if mastering the distance in thought might blunt the separation. But if a man cannot return to the place of his birth, then what is there to stay his restless feet? What center will hold him from wandering endlessly? It should not be so difficult, he thinks, to know one’s place in the order of things. ”

John Pipkin
  • From : The Blind Astronomer's Daughter
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