Wanderlust Quotes

“What is it about the present that makes it so eager to judge the past? There is always a neuroticism to the present, which believes itself superior to the past but can’t quite get over a nagging anxiety that it might not be.”
― Reid Mitenbuler, Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age — A Biography of an Eccentric 20th Century Explorer

“Julian Barnes: “What is it about the present that makes it so eager to judge the past? There is always a neuroticism to the present, which believes itself superior to the past but can’t quite get over a nagging anxiety that it might not be.”
― Reid Mitenbuler, Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age — A Biography of an Eccentric 20th Century Explorer