"The shoes carried her everywhere, tireless shoes walking forever all
over the world. This shoemaker repaired them with all the curiosity of a great
traveler. He respected the signs of wear and tear as if she were
returning from all the voyages she had wanted to make. It was not
alone the dust or mud of Paris he brushed off but of Egypt, Greece and
India. Every shoe she brought him was his voyage too. He respected
wear as a sign of distance, broken straps as an indication of
discoveries, torn heels as an accident happening only to explorers."
Anais Nin, "Children of the Albatross"
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