This quotation is spoken by Jordan when he disguises himself as a woman, and interacts with other women. In my petticoats I was a traveller in a foreign country. By often leaving it ambiguous as to what is real, and what is imaginary, and to what extent those categories are even meaningful, Winterson disrupts the idea of making choices that will define one's "real life." The quotation also introduces the key motif of journeys, which will occur both literally (for example, Jordan and Tradescant's journeys) and as metaphors for exploration and escapism.
Moreover, the novel argues that these alternatives are not necessarily less real. Jordan explains that for each choice that one makes on their path through life, there are infinite other options they could have chosen. Every journey conceals another journey within its lines: the path not taken and the forgotten angle.
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