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Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel

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by Rolf Potts

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? There is a quote in this book. I cant remember it verbatim but I will try my best to remember it. "Separated by time and space, yet somehow, they all spoke the same language." I really wanna find this quote and know who wrote it. I can look back in the book because I gave it away after I finished it. If anyone can help me out I would really appreciate it. I remember it was pretty early in the book.
Casey I think I found it:

...It made me realize that, whatever name you give it, the act of vagabonding is not an isolated trend so much as it is (to crib a …moreI think I found it:

...It made me realize that, whatever name you give it, the act of vagabonding is not an isolated trend so much as it is (to crib a Greil Marcus phrase) a "spectral connection between people long separated by place and time, but somehow speaking the same language."(less)
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