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I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch.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.Ella Maillart
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Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive.Ella Maillart
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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.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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It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better.Ella Maillart
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When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes.Ella Maillart