A Funny Thing Happens When You Make Plans

"A rich life is rich in plans. If they don't come off, they are still a little bit realized. If they do, they may be disappointing. That's why a trip described becomes better the greater the time between the trip and the telling. I believe too that if you can know a man's plans, you know more about him than you can in any other way."
– John Steinbeck, Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters