“The red sands of Marrakesh, sprawling at the foot of the Atlas like a wounded Leviathan…” – Rosita Forbes
To Travel Far You Had To Be Detached
“Perhaps everyone loved someone; I didn’t now, I couldn’t give much thought to love; in order to travel far you had to be detached, and I had the long road back to the campus before me” – Ralph Ellison
I Still Want To Travel
“I am blessed for what I have, but I believed in it from the beginning. Today, the dream is the same: I still want to travel, I still want to entertain, and I most certainly still want to have fun” – Guy Laliberte
Classic Sign Of The American Tourist
“I wore only black socks, because I had heard that white ones were the classic sign of the American tourist. Black ones though,- those’ll fool ’em. I supposed I hoped the European locals’ conversation would go something like this: PIERRE: Ha! Look at that tourist with his camera and guidebook! JACQUES: Wait, but observe his […]
I Want To Go Places
“I want to go places, and see people. I want my mind to grow. I want to live where things happen on a big scale” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Someone You’ve Barely Met
“The person you have known a long time is embedded in you like a jewel. The person you have just met casts out a few glistening beams & you are fascinated to see more of them. How many more are there? With someone you’ve barely met, the curiosity is intoxicating” – Naomi Shihab Nye
King Of The Road
“Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents. No phone, no pool, no pets, ain’t got no big regrets. Two hours of pushin’ broom, buys an eight by twelve, four-bit room. I’m a man of means, by no means, king of the road” – Roger Miller (King of the Road)
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Traveler’s Heart
“Traveler’s heart. Never settled long in one place. Like a portable fire” – Basho
True Travel
“That’s because true travel, the kind with no predetermined end, is one of the most selfish endeavors we can possibly undertake-an act in which we focus solely on our own fulfillment, with little regard to those we leave behind. After all, we’re the ones venturing out into the big crazy world, filling up journals, growing […]
An English Man
“An English man does not travel to see English men” – Laurence Sterne