“I do not care for the look of new books, much preferring them to have lost their last coat of polish.” Showing his affection for well-used books and the physical traces of age · Prose book, Beggars Reading Time
“If during these five years I had had the daily companionship of good books, instead of all this restless wandering, my mind might be capable of some little achievement of its own.” A rare moment of regret over years spent roaming rather than reading · The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp (memoir) Art Time
“All the wildness had been taken out of me, and my adventures after this were not of my own seeking.” Reflecting on how the accident that cost him a leg reshaped his restless life · The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp (memoir) Memory Time
