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"She started before me along this path, and I hurry
to catch her up. It is easy walking, neither hot nor cold, and I go with
long strides, fast and pursuing. I shall never catch her: I know that.
I shall never catch her, however much I hurry -- and I do hurry, press
on hard without a moment's slackening of the strongest continual effort;
and I go fast for all the weight of my pack.
"I shall never catch her: but I have this, that
I am on the ground that she has travelled. The 'never catching', that
is less important now: we are divided by the distance, but the path is
our connection; and I shall never let the distance grow."
-- Patrick O'Brian,"The
Path"
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