The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert. . . I don't live inside buildings because buildings are dead places where nothing grows, where water doesn't flow, and where life stops. I don't want to live in a dead place. People say that I don't live in a real world, but it's modern Americans who live in a fake world, because they have stepped outside the natural circle of life.
Uncovering your real desires can be terrifying. It can also set you spectacularly free.