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No one behind, no one ahead. The path the ancients cleared has closed. And the other path, everyone's path, easy and wide, goes nowhere. I am alone and find my way.

Octavio Paz
Way, Path, Easy
Octavio Paz, Eliot Weinberger (1998). “In Light of India”, p.161, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
No one behind, no one ahead. The path the ancients cleared has closed. And the other path, everyone's path, easy and wide, goes nowhere. I am alone and find my way.