" Steve caught another trout the morning we left. He always let them go. I stood here wondering if I had reached Cold Mountain. Where is Cold Mountain, anyway? Isn’t it for the best if I can never be sure I’ve found it? Thoreau one last time: How can he remember well his ignorance—which his growth requires—who has so often to use his knowledge? "

― William T. Vollmann , Riding Toward Everywhere