One day my mother asked me this:
"Do you like friends or traveling? From what I've seen, you don't like traveling per se." It stung.
I just kept running away to the arms of my friends who lived in a distant but familiar place.
--- p.8, "Prologue"

If I had a destination that was so earnest and steady that I could easily endure this tedious flight, wouldn't I be able to get a little closer to the life I wanted?
My cost-effectiveness is bad.
If the memories I have to fill the void of my youth are smaller than the money I have saved, I feel like I will regret it unbearably.
Moving places and repeating the same things, living the same life, because you don't want to regret it.
That's my job, my specialty, my world.
--- p.10, "Prologue"

I thought.
Depression is a dramatic thing that scares you, but to escape from it, you have to walk, not run.
Living life is about taking honest steps each day, and happiness, unlike depression, comes and seeps in.
--- p.112, "Foreign Students and Travelers"

She appeared like a scene from a slow news flash, like an illustration drawn on paper.
A simple outfit that makes you hard to believe he's a superstar, and a genuine, bright smile.
I faced her from a close enough distance that I could sense her mood.
People applauded and she smiled brightly.
--- p.155, "Meet Patti Smith"

At the point when I had to choose, I couldn't be the type of person who said "whatever" or who answered "I don't know" when asked what I liked.
When I asked him what he liked, he poured out words full of affection as if he had been waiting for it.
To some, it might seem naive, but it was the culmination of my own passionate exploration.
--- p.358, "Creating Your Own World"

If you see a lot of men pushing strollers, you're in Berlin.
If you see a lot of people chatting and chain-smoking in an outdoor cafe, you've arrived in Paris.
In comparison, which scene would make London feel more real?
The casual accent that killed the R sound, the words they use so often, like lovely, dear, ladies, the Beatles, double-decker buses, well-dressed gentlemen, Notting Hill, bland food, Vivienne Westwood, that signature smile that seems natural.
--- p.372, "As if it were my first time traveling."

The spirit of 'nevertheless' is needed everywhere.
Just getting started and doing more is the only breakthrough and solution.
Because in any situation, there is always someone who ‘does it.’
The man of action always wins over the man of thought.
“Draw a lot.
If you do that, you will find it.
You will do well, I am sure.”
--- p.400, "No answer is the correct answer"

I'm trying to turn thirty with the same curiosity as when I was twenty.
And declares this:
To know more, I will travel to delve into the world more humbly and learn about myself.
What I need is not great confidence and courage, but a mindset that takes great joy in small things.
I am free in the face of infinite possibilities.

--- p.485, "Epilogue"