Used book – Partir : In Praise of Wanderlust, Daniel Herrero

"In my family, we weren't travelers. We tended instead to stay anchored in port, to take root in the dry earth: the only journeys ever undertaken were called exile or moving house, and as we didn't know holidays, leaving was only a source of trouble, never a joy. Feeling constricted by a sedentary family culture, I felt an urgent need to leave as a teenager. All of a sudden, at fourteen, I started to seethe. Although nothing had predisposed me to it, I wanted to leave."