Sasha Cagen on why travel is for lovers

“It’s much cleaner to hook up with someone in a foreign city, or even across the state line, than to have a one-night stand in your own bedroom, where you partner sees the actual you and leaves the residue of his or her existence in your life. A new environment gives you the permission to be someone else, and desires that ordinarily would not be contemplated may quite easily be indulged.”
–Sasha Cagen, quirkyalone (2004)