Ella Maillart quotes

You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself. (Ella Maillart)
I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch. View quote
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One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm. View quote
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The state of minds vary according to the angle under which one examines them. View quote
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Those who appreciate the ways of simple tribes, where every activity is direct and immediately understandable, are able to live among them. View quote
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It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better. View quote
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We must develop a deeper interest and greater understanding of the people we meet here or abroad. Like us, they are passengers on board that mysterious ship called life. View quote
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The wideness of the horizon has to be inside us, cannot be anywhere but inside us, otherwise what we speak about is geographic distances. View quote
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When I look at something, it is certain that for an instant I am one with what I see. View quote
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When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes. View quote
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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. (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. View quote
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The sooner we learn to be jointly responsible, the easier the sailing will be. View quote
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We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when we were children. View quote
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The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments, but in terms of how this journey affects and changes our character. View quote
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There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men. View quote
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The timelessness of a concept has to be woven into the running warp of dying time, vertical power has to be wedded to the horizontal earth. View quote
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That idea of escapism... these words could sum up my life. View quote
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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. View quote
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Only when one is able to grasp wideness can one possess it. View quote
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I am sure that instinctively we wish to be everything, to possess it-why cut the rose or marry the man, otherwise? (Ella Maillart)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of. View quote
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Humanity is made up of an infinity of different individuals. Each of us travels for motives exclusively his own. View quote
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