“The explorer who will not come back or send back his ships to tell his tale is not an explorer, only an adventurer; and his sons are born in exile” – Ursula K. Le Guin
Archives for July 2014
Traveling Outgrows Its Motives
July 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“Traveling outgrows its motives. It soon proves sufficient in itself. You think you are making a trip, but soon it is making you – or unmaking you” – Nicolas Bouvier
There Is Travel And There Are Babies
July 20, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“There is travel and there are babies; everything else is drudgery and death” – Dave Eggers
I Go Flying So High
July 19, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“You see, she was gonna be an actress and I was gonna learn to fly. She took off to find the footlights, and I took off for the sky. And here, she’s acting happy, inside her handsome home. And me, I’m flying in my taxi, taking tips, and getting stoned. I go flying so high, when I’m stoned” – Harry Chapin (Taxi)
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What A Consummate Ass He Can Become
July 18, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become until he goes abroad. I speak now, of course, in the supposition that the gentle reader has not been abroad, and therefore is not already a consummate ass. If the case be otherwise, I beg his pardon and extend to him […]
Life Of Centuries Past
July 17, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“From the pleasure podium of Ali Qapu, beyond the enhanced enclosure, the city spread itself towards the horizon. Ugly buildings are prohibited in Esfahan. They go to Tehran or stay in Mashhad. Planters vie with planners to outnumber buildings with trees. Attracting nightingales, blackbirds and orioles is considered as important as attracting people. Maples line […]
Fall Silent In Its Midst
July 16, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“The Sierra, a region so quiet and pristine that we have the sense of being the first human beings ever to set foot in it. We fall silent ourselves in its midst, as if conversation in a place of such primeval solitude would be like talking in church” – Jim Fergus
I Don’t Want To Be In A Hotel Room
July 15, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“Interesting things come your way but as you get older, your lifestyle changes. I don’t want to travel; I don’t want to be in a hotel room away from my family” – Gary Oldman
In Order To Visit Cambodia
July 14, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“Here was something I already knew to be true about myself: Just as there are some wives who will occasionally need a break from their husbands in order to visit a spa for the weekend with their girlfriends, I will always be the sort of wife who occasionally needs a break from her husband in […]
