85 Quotes About Map

To put a city in a book, to put the world on one sheet of paper -- maps are the most condensed humanized spaces of all...They make the landscape fit indoors, make us masters of sights we can't see and spaces we can't cover.

The best parts of life are the things we can't plan. And it's a lot harder to find happiness if you're only searching in one place. Sometimes, you just have to throw away the map. Admit that you don't know where you're going and stop pressuring yourself to figure it out. Besides...a map is a life someone else already lived. It's more fun to make your own.

When I was born I became the visible corner of a folded map.The map has more than one route. More than one destination. The map that is the unfolding self is not exactly leading anywhere. The arrow that says YOU ARE HERE is your first coordinate. There is a lot that you can't change when you are a kid. But you can pack for the journey . . .

Ô, the wine of a woman from heaven is sent,more perfect than all that a man can invent.

We were just looking at maps...

A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff.

What is a fantasy map but a space beyond which There Be Dragons?

Could it be that we lost something because had we not lost it, we would have lost ourselves?

How can you follow your heart, unless you know why you have allowed it to be empty for so long and didn't have the courage to fix it?