HomePaul TherouxTravel What draws me in is that a trip is a leap in the dark. It’s like a metaphor for life. You set off from home, and in the classic travel book, you go to an unknown place. You discover a different world, and you discover yourself. – Paul Theroux Book Quotes Classic Quotes Dark Quotes Discover Quotes Draws Quotes Leap Quotes Life Quotes Metaphor Quotes Paul Theroux Quotes Set Quotes Travel Quotes Trip Quotes Unknown Quotes We all know how we can be turned around by a magic place; that’s why we travel, often. And yet we all know, too, that the change cannot be guaranteed. Travel is a fool’s paradise, Emerson reminded us, if we think that we can find anything far off that we could not find at home. A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.
Crystal Hana Kim My grandmother lived under Japanese colonial rule until she was nine. Korea, still united and whole, was colonized in 1910. During this period of forced occupation, Japanese teachers taught Korean students how to view the world through their imperialist language, their history, their foreign tongue. – Crystal Hana Kim
Jon Krakauer As I point out in the very first pages of ‘Into the Wild,’ I approached this book not as a normal, you know, unbiased journalist. – Jon Krakauer
H P Lovecraft One superlatively important effect of wide reading is the enlargement of vocabulary which always accompanies it. – H P Lovecraft
Alek WekBeauty True beauty is born through our actions and aspirations and in the kindness we offer to others. – Alek Wek
Dree Hemingway The people who go the craziest when they hear the name ‘Hemingway’ are my English teachers! – Dree Hemingway
Jessica Sanchez Music has always been my passion. It was not a hobby or something I can take out of my life. – Jessica Sanchez
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