Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Isolation Quotes

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Quote #10

I stood, alone, and the world swayed. I am a fugitive and a vagabond, a sojourner seeking signs. (15.21)

To choose exile from the world is indeed the act of a fugitive. She's chosen to see a larger world than most people ever even contemplate, and all through the lens of a much smaller one. Dillard needs a microscope to understand the universe.