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" That idea of escapism... these words could sum up my life. "

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" When I look at something, it is certain that for an instant I am one with what I see. "

" There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men. "

" You can feel as brave as Columbus starting for the unknown the first time you enter a Chinese lane full of boys laughing at you, or when you risk climbing down in a Tibetan pub for a meal of rotten meat. "

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" I wanted to learn a few foreign languages, and therefore I had to go abroad. "

" We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when we were children. "

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" Shall we ever see the 10 million things of the universe simultaneously in order to be the all? I am convinced that to live is to travel towards the world's end. "

" 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. "

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" Others are keen to see if natives other than us live better than we do, without heat in pipes, ice in boxes, sunshine in bulbs, music on disks, or images gliding over a pale screen. "

" You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself. "

" The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself. "

" From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and tide. "

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" I refuse to imprison our acts in the rigid mould of sentences. "

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" One of the main points about travelling is to develop in us a feeling of solidarity, of that oneness without which no better world is possible. "

" I did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition. "

" Not only does travel give us a new system of reckoning, it also brings to the fore unknown aspects of our own self. Our consciousness being broadened and enriched, we shall judge ourselves more correctly. "

" Humanity is made up of an infinity of different individuals. Each of us travels for motives exclusively his own. "

" One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm. "

" Only when one is able to grasp wideness can one possess it. "

" One travels to escape from it all, but that is the great illusion: It cannot be done, since one travels with one's mind. "

" It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better. "