You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.
Ella Maillart
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More quotes by Ella Maillart
- The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself.
- Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.
- One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.
- I gained direct knowledge of the life of the poor in big towns: I have lived the narrowing mechanism of its conditioning and feared it.
- Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive.