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Without the errors, wrong turns and blind alleys, without the doubling back and misdirection and fumbling and chance discoveries, there was not one bit of joy in walking the labyrinth.

William Least Heat-Moon

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William Least Heat-Moon
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: August 27
Historian
Writer
Kansas City
Missouri
Walking
Fumbling
Joy
Doubling
Bits
Alleys
Wrong
Labyrinth
Chance
Discoveries
Turns
Errors
Back
Discovery
Without
Blind
Misdirection

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