"I think the reasons for going to a place are as normal as those for doing anything else. The way you respond when you're there is more specific. Bells go off that are precisely your bells. You are aligned with the inner coordinates of your being, and you suddenly feel in the right place. It may be the slant of the light, it may be even a smell, something not visible; you may feel yourself rooted to the spot where suddenly there's a smell of salt water mixed with roses and it's got your number. At that moment you know, "I'm alive. Here, now""--Page 4 de la couverture.