When I crossed Asia with my friend Peter Fleming, we spoke to no one but each other during many months, and we covered exactly the same ground. Nevertheless my journey differed completely from his. — Ella Maillart Copy Share Image
Shall we ever see the 10 million things of the universe simultaneously in order to be the all? I am convinced that to live… — Ella Maillart Copy Share Image
Not only does travel give us a new system of reckoning, it also brings to the fore unknown aspects of our own self. Our… — Ella Maillart Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes. — Ella Maillart Copy Share Image
Others are keen to see if natives other than us live better than we do, without heat in pipes, ice in boxes, sunshine in… — Ella Maillart Copy Share Image
The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself. — Ella Maillart Copy Share Image
There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men. — Ella Maillart Copy Share Image
Humanity is made up of an infinity of different individuals. Each of us travels for motives exclusively his own. — Ella Maillart Copy Share Image
I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch. — Ella Maillart Copy Share Image
You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself. — Ella Maillart Copy Share Image
Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive. — Ella Maillart Copy Share Image
