To write is to carve a new path through the terrain....

“ To write is to carve a new path through the terrain of the imagination, or to point out new features on a familiar route. To read is to travel through that terrain with the author as a guide-- a guide one might not always agree with or trust, but who can at least be counted on to take one somewhere. ”

Rebecca Solnit

From : Wanderlust: A History of Walking