One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm. Ella Maillart capacitydreadfulenthusiasm Change image and share on social
There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men. Ella Maillart manspeciesvalid Change image and share on social
I can see now that a concept or even a feeling makes no sense unless out of our substance we spin around it a web of references, of relationships, of values. Ella Maillart conceptfeltmake Change image and share on social
I did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition. Ella Maillart ambitiondepressexist Change image and share on social
You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself. Ella Maillart afraidrevealtravel Change image and share on social
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. Ella Maillart boxbulbdisk Change image and share on social
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. Ella Maillart birthrightconquerfelt Change image and share on social
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 aspectbringbroaden share on social
I am sure that instinctively we wish to be everything, to possess it - why cut the rose or marry the man, otherwise? Ella Maillart cutinstinctivelyman Change image and share on social
The true traveller is the one urged to move about for physical, aesthetic, intellectual as well as spiritual reasons. Ella Maillart aestheticintellectualmove Change image and share on social
