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Reading Landlines really forced me to slow down, partly because of the nature of the story but also - I later realised - I was reading it slowly because I didn’t want it to end!
Raynor and Moth talk about becoming the landscape after walking for a long time and I can really resonate with that:
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‘I read something once, a philosophy, from Sufism I think. It’s the idea that the action of walking for a long time allows the world to fall away; eventually the walker and the path become one, the walker reaches the wayless way.’ He takes a long drink of water, then puts the bottle back in his rucksack. ‘I’m so glad we didn’t get the train, because I’ve walked all these miles, but it’s only the last few days, since I’ve felt so weak after being ill, that it’s struck me.’
‘What? What exactly has struck you?’
‘That I don’t have to go to the top of the moors to touch the wilderness. It’s already here, imprinted on me, inside me.’
‘Like you’re no longer in the landscape, you’re part of it, you are the landscape.’
‘Yes. You know what I mean then?’
‘Yes, I know it.’
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I admire Raynor and Moth’s complete and utter trust in the landscape and it’s ability to heal Moth’s illness. Their unwavering sense of adventure is incredible, and their love and belief in one another’s abilities is admirable. Moth’s mind is incredible, after all his body puts him through, his pure determination to keep walking is inspiring and altogether surprising, but you are able to sense his mental strength - he has a knowing the entire time that this walk will be what heals him.
I honestly didn’t think that this could be any better than Winn’s first two books, but it absolutely was! I wasn’t reading about their walk, I was right there experiencing it with them. The sights, the sounds, the smells, the pain and the sickness, the prejudice and the judgement, the doubts and the extreme elation - I felt it all!
I know I will re-read these books again and again throughout my lifetime, when I’m in need of grounding and reminding of how to adapt, even when it feels impossible.
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Raynor and Moth talk about becoming the landscape after walking for a long time and I can really resonate with that:
“
‘I read something once, a philosophy, from Sufism I think. It’s the idea that the action of walking for a long time allows the world to fall away; eventually the walker and the path become one, the walker reaches the wayless way.’ He takes a long drink of water, then puts the bottle back in his rucksack. ‘I’m so glad we didn’t get the train, because I’ve walked all these miles, but it’s only the last few days, since I’ve felt so weak after being ill, that it’s struck me.’
‘What? What exactly has struck you?’
‘That I don’t have to go to the top of the moors to touch the wilderness. It’s already here, imprinted on me, inside me.’
‘Like you’re no longer in the landscape, you’re part of it, you are the landscape.’
‘Yes. You know what I mean then?’
‘Yes, I know it.’
“
I admire Raynor and Moth’s complete and utter trust in the landscape and it’s ability to heal Moth’s illness. Their unwavering sense of adventure is incredible, and their love and belief in one another’s abilities is admirable. Moth’s mind is incredible, after all his body puts him through, his pure determination to keep walking is inspiring and altogether surprising, but you are able to sense his mental strength - he has a knowing the entire time that this walk will be what heals him.
I honestly didn’t think that this could be any better than Winn’s first two books, but it absolutely was! I wasn’t reading about their walk, I was right there experiencing it with them. The sights, the sounds, the smells, the pain and the sickness, the prejudice and the judgement, the doubts and the extreme elation - I felt it all!
I know I will re-read these books again and again throughout my lifetime, when I’m in need of grounding and reminding of how to adapt, even when it feels impossible.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️