“Your time off is a measure of the quality of your life. Setting yourself the goal of more personal freedom is as valid as — and ultimately more practical than — a goal of financial riches and material abundance. Today, our society provides more opportunities than ever before for survival with style, for living well without having to become a cultural robot. Living on the fringe of society is easier and much more rewarding than living in the pressurized statistical middle, where all the rules are. But beware, a taste of freedom almost inevitably leads to a craving for it. It hooks you, and it’s wonderful. Most people can’t understand this, because they’ve forgotten what it was like to be free. They think it’s impossible, whereas the truth is that freedom is right in front of you; you simply have to want it enough to take it. People fear the struggle for freedom, but never credit the rewards.”
–Ed Buryn, Vagabonding in the USA (1980)