I have been able to satisfy my urge to travel by going five times to Asia after spending many a summer on board small sailing ships.
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You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.Ella Maillart
One travels so as to learn once more how to marvel at life in the way a child does. And blessed be the poet, the artist who knows how to keep alive his sense of wonder.
Ella Maillart
Those who appreciate the ways of simple tribes, where every activity is direct and immediately understandable, are able to live among them.
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I did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition.
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Only when one is able to grasp wideness can one possess it.
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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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