"Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of."
-Ella Maillart
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"One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.“
-Ella Maillart
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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."
-Ella Maillart
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"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."
-Ella Maillart
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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."
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"Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive."
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"I gained direct knowledge of the life of the poor in big towns: I have lived the narrowing mechanism of its conditioning and feared it."
-Ella Maillart
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"Personality is more important than beauty, but imagination is more important than both of them."
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"With the brush we merely tint, while the imagination alone produces colour."
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"Anyone who lives within his means suffers from a lack of imagination."
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"One lifetime is never enough to accomplish one's horticultural goals. If a garden is a site for the imagination, how can we be very far from the beginning?"
-Francis Cabot Lowell
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