“Sometimes, I overheard my aunts discussing these blighted destinies; and Aunt Ruth would hug me, as if to forestall my following in their footsteps. Yet, from the way she lingered over such words as 'Xanadu' or 'Samarkand' or the 'wine-dark… — Bruce Chatwin Copy Share Image
“I think I would be happy in that place I happen not to be, and this question of moving house is the subject of… — Bruce Chatwin Copy Share Image
And the formation of man is the most pressing problem facing humanity. — Bruce Chatwin Copy Share Image
A Sufi manual, the Kashf-al-Mahjub, says that, towards the end of his journey, the dervish becomes the Way not the wayfarer, i.e. a place… — Bruce Chatwin Copy Share Image
I pictured a low timber house with a shingled roof, caulked against storms, with blazing log fires inside and the walls lined with all… — Bruce Chatwin Copy Share Image
“One year, he went to Paris for the week-end: but that completely upset his equilibrium.” — Bruce Chatwin Copy Share Image
It's an old sailor's idea that every ship has a rope with one end made fast to her bows and the other held by… — Bruce Chatwin Copy Share Image
“ Fino a quando, Signore, fino a quando? ... "Finché non siano devastate le città...". I Profeti confidavano in un Giorno della Restaurazione, in… — Bruce Chatwin Copy Share Image
I climbed a path and from the top looked up-stream towards Chile. I could see the river, glinting and sliding through the bone-white cliffs… — Bruce Chatwin Copy Share Image
“The real home of man is not his house but the road. Life itself is a travel that has to be done by foot.” — Bruce Chatwin Copy Share Image
'I will go to France, to Yugoslavia, to China, and continue my profession.' 'As sanitary engineer?' 'No, Monsieur. As adventurer. I will see all… — Bruce Chatwin Copy Share Image
