These memories of my early youth cause in me a feeling of nostalgia,
which brings in its train a drowsy desire to take my leave of noisy
streets and go to the place which I used to know as my home. But I know
full well that, however persistently I travelled the highways and
byways in search of the romance that once lingered there, my quest
would only be doomed to disappointment. - from the final chapter of
his autobiography