#ravel

Yes, and imagine a world where there were no hypothetical situations. ↗

— Jasper Fforde

#imagination #time-travel #imagination

Charles Sumner; “A Smacking breeze has sprung up, and we shall part this company soon; and then for the Atlantic! Farewell then, my friends, my pursuits, my home, my country! Each bellying wave on its rough crest carries me away. The rocking vessel impedes my pen. And now, as my head begins slightly to reel, my imagination entertains the glorious prospects before me… ↗

— David McCullough

#traveling #home

Travel far enough, you meet yourself. ↗

— David Mitchell

#travel #inspirational

I think some of the best modern writing comes now from travellers. ↗

— Michael Palin

#comes #i #i think #modern #now

A young gratuitous smile; trust and distrust; Promiscuities of bed and board and road; The one assured treasure A life, in recollection, truly possessed. ↗

— Robert Wells

#pillar #poetry #travel #treasure #value

Every mode of travel has its signature mental aberration. ↗

— Mary Roach

#travel #life

Travelling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station. ↗

— Lisa St Aubin de Terán

#life

. . . and together you're what, the Super Friends? ↗

— Mark Jeffrey

#max-quick #two-travelers #funny

The value of your travels does not hinge on how many stamps you have in your passport when you get home -- and the slow nuanced experience of a single country is always better than the hurried, superficial experience of forty countries. ↗

— Rolf Potts

#art

Real travel is not about the highlights with which you dazzle your friends once you're home. It's about the loneliness, the solitude, the evenings spent by yourself, pining to be somewhere else. Those are the moments of true value. You feel half proud of them and half ashamed and you hold them to your heart. ↗

— Tahir Shah

#travel #traveler #home