Ella Maillart

I did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition. ↗

— Ella Maillart

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The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments, but in terms of how this journey affects and changes our character. ↗

— Ella Maillart

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The sooner we learn to be jointly responsible, the easier the sailing will be. ↗

— 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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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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From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and tide. ↗

— Ella Maillart

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Humanity is made up of an infinity of different individuals. Each of us travels for motives exclusively his own. ↗

— Ella Maillart

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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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