In the end, the bedrock of existence is not made up of the family, or work, or what others say or think of you, but of moments like this when you are exalted by a transcendent power that is more… — Nicolas Bouvier Copy Share Image
Traveling outgrows its motives. It soon proves sufficient in itself. You think you are making a trip, but soon it is making you -… — Nicolas Bouvier Copy Share Image
“Time passed in brewing tea, the odd remark, cigarettes, then dawn came up. The widening light caught the plumage of quails and partridges...and quickly I dropped this wonderful moment to the bottom of my memory, like a sheet-anchor that one day I could draw up again.You stretch, pace to and fro feeling weightless, and the word 'happiness' seems too thin… — Nicolas Bouvier Copy Share
“Beyond a certain degree of hardship or misery, life often revives and heals the scars. As time passed, deportation [to the concentration camps for the young woman] had become a kind of voyage and even, thanks to the almost terrifying capacity of memory to transform horror into courage, a voyage that she could easily mention. Any way of seeing the… — Nicolas Bouvier Copy Share
“That day, I thought that I held something important and that my life would be changed. But nothing of this nature is acquired definitively.… — Nicolas Bouvier Copy Share Image
In the end, the bedrock of existence is not made up of the family, or work, or what others say or think of you,… — Nicolas Bouvier Copy Share Image
“The splendid wooden mosque - which you can find if you search - nobody would think of showing you, being less aware of what… — Nicolas Bouvier Copy Share Image
“At home what is ‘wonderful’ tends to be an exception that’s arranged; it is useful, or at least edifying. In Persia it might just… — Nicolas Bouvier Copy Share Image
“The over-ripe, golden autumn which had taken hold of the town tugged at our heartstrings. The nomadic life makes you sensitive to the seasons:… — Nicolas Bouvier Copy Share Image
That day, I really believed that I had grasped something and that henceforth my life would be changed. But insights cannot be held for… — Nicolas Bouvier Copy Share Image
Traveling provides occasions for shaking oneself up but not, as people believe, freedom. Indeed it involves a kind of reduction: deprived of one’s usual… — Nicolas Bouvier Copy Share Image
A journey does not need reasons. Before long, it proves to be reason enough in itself. One thinks that one is going to make… — Nicolas Bouvier Copy Share Image
