Quotes by Ella Maillart

"One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm."

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"When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes."

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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."

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"I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch."

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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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"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."

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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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