The tourists always seem to want something. On Thisby, it's less about wanting, and more about being. " I wonder after I say it if he'll think I sound like have no drive or ambition.
I have found strength where one does not look for it: in simple, mild, and pleasant people, without the least desire to rule -- and, conversely, the desire to rule has often appeared to me a sign of inward weakness: they fear their own slave soul and shroud it in a royal cloak (in the end, they still become the slaves of their followers, their fame, etc. )