--- title: "24 Travel books Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 24 Travel books quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Travel books sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b5/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_amazing-book_all-that-is-gold-does-not-glitter-229375_2293753.png" --- > [All that is gold does not glitter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/all-that-is-gold-does-not-glitter/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b5/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_amazing-book_all-that-is-gold-does-not-glitter-229375_2293753.png) > [I don't like to travel. Yet all my books seem to involve a journey.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-van-allsburg/i-don-t-like-to-travel-yet-all-my-books-seem-to-involve-a-journey/) [Chris Van Allsburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-van-allsburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4f/chris-van-allsburg-8945_book_i-don-t-like-to-travel-yet-all-my-books_315827.jpg) > [Good travel books are novels at heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-raban/good-travel-books-are-novels-at-heart/) [Jonathan Raban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-raban/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a4/jonathan-raban-11981_book_good-travel-books-are-novels-at-heart-30_3094369.jpg) > [“Books are enchanted. Books help me travel. Books help me breathe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margarita-engle/books-are-enchanted-books-help-me-travel-books-help-me-breathe/) [Margarita Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margarita-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d00/margarita-engle-13902_book_books-are-enchanted-books-help-me-travel_230919.jpg) > [Unlike many travel books I didn't set out to travel with the idea of writing a book in mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chesa-boudin/unlike-many-travel-books-i-didn-t-set-out-to-travel-with-the-idea-of/) [Chesa Boudin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chesa-boudin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fac/chesa-boudin-16248_book_unlike-many-travel-books-i-didn-t-set-ou_2740345.jpg) > [I prefer all but the very worst travel books, to all but the very best novels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/i-prefer-all-but-the-very-worst-travel-books-to-all-but-the-very-best/) [Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/evelyn-waugh-850_book_i-prefer-all-but-the-very-worst-travel-b_511475.png) > [Travel books are, by and large, boring. They lodge uncomfortably between fact, fiction and autobiography.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-smith/travel-books-are-by-and-large-boring-they-lodge-uncomfortably-between/) [Arthur Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0e/arthur-smith-11334_autobiography_travel-books-are-by-and-large-boring-the_1697083.png) > [In the best travel books the word alone is implied on every exciting page, as subtle and ineradicable as a watermark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/in-the-best-travel-books-the-word-alone-is-implied-on-every-exciting/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/paul-theroux-913_book_in-the-best-travel-books-the-word-alone_758348.jpg) > [“That’s why people require travel books on the 1960s, I thought. They want to go there. They want to feel that sun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-hutchinson/that-s-why-people-require-travel-books-on-the-1960s-i-thought-they/) Roger Hutchinson [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c7/roger-hutchinson-274077_1960s_that-s-why-people-require-travel-books-o_2949064.jpg) > [The study of maps and the perusal of travel books aroused in me a secret fascination that was at times almost irresistible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-de-botton/the-study-of-maps-and-the-perusal-of-travel-books-aroused-in-me-a/) [Alain de Botton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-de-botton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/alain-de-botton-221_book_the-study-of-maps-and-the-perusal-of-tra_2611665.jpg) > [Life, as the most ancient of all metaphors insists, is a journey; and the travel book, in its deceptive simulation of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-raban/life-as-the-most-ancient-of-all-metaphors-insists-is-a-journey-and/) [Jonathan Raban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-raban/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52f/jonathan-raban-11981_ancient_life-as-the-most-ancient-of-all-metaphor_163439.jpg) > [The appeal of travel books is also the sense that you are different, an outsider, almost like the Robinson Crusoe or Christopher…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/the-appeal-of-travel-books-is-also-the-sense-that-you-are-different/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ae/paul-theroux-913_almost_the-appeal-of-travel-books-is-also-the-s_1753052.jpg) > [I suppose anyone who has ever written a travel book has had the experience of being accosted by a reader with blood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilka-chase/i-suppose-anyone-who-has-ever-written-a-travel-book-has-had-the/) [Ilka Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilka-chase/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76b/ilka-chase-15976_blood_i-suppose-anyone-who-has-ever-written-a_72186.png) > [I think people read travel books either because they intend to take that trip, or because they would never take that trip.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/i-think-people-read-travel-books-either-because-they-intend-to-take/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/paul-theroux-913_because_i-think-people-read-travel-books-either_1544018.jpg) > [“The Exciting Story of Cuba has been in demand more than I ever expected. I believe that this is partly because of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/the-exciting-story-of-cuba-has-been-in-demand-more-than-i-ever/) [Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-the-exciting-story-of-cuba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/captain-hank-bracker-the-excit_cuban-history_the-exciting-story-of-cuba-has-been-in-d_822083.jpg) > [“So I can understand the mad passion for travel books and their deceptiveness. They create the illusion of something which no longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-levi-strauss/so-i-can-understand-the-mad-passion-for-travel-books-and-their/) [Claude Lévi-Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-levi-strauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/claude-levi-strauss-8995_books_so-i-can-understand-the-mad-passion-for_887611.jpg) > [Reading old travel books or novels set in faraway places, spinning globes, unfolding maps, playing world music, eating in ethnic restaurants, meeting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-cousineau/reading-old-travel-books-or-novels-set-in-faraway-places-spinning/) [Phil Cousineau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-cousineau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/950/phil-cousineau-15226_book_reading-old-travel-books-or-novels-set-i_2905515.jpg) > [Travel books are all sorts - some are autobiographies, some are about falling in love. Some are about having great meals, some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/travel-books-are-all-sorts-some-are-autobiographies-some-are-about/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e0/paul-theroux-913_autobiography_travel-books-are-all-sorts-some-are-auto_560153.jpg) > [“Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, you begin to realize how short life is.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-kontis/life-is-short-and-the-older-you-get-the-more-you-feel-it-indeed-you/) Nicholas Kontis [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/nicholas-kontis-266054_life_life-is-short-and-the-older-you-get-the_2365550.jpg) > [“I read a lot of travel books before I came here. Fantasised what it would be like. I read Scott’s journal. Those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-baker/i-read-a-lot-of-travel-books-before-i-came-here-fantasised-what-it/) [Adam Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-baker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/692/adam-baker-28011_books_i-read-a-lot-of-travel-books-before-i-ca_1651421.jpg) > [I fear that I can no longer travel without technology. Twenty years ago, I loved getting on a bus in West Africa…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-zuckerman/i-fear-that-i-can-no-longer-travel-without-technology-twenty-years/) [Ethan Zuckerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-zuckerman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dba/ethan-zuckerman-12315_advice_i-fear-that-i-can-no-longer-travel-witho_2502461.png) > [A guide book is addressed to those who plan to follow the traveler, doing what he has done, but more selectively. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-fussell/a-guide-book-is-addressed-to-those-who-plan-to-follow-the-traveler/) [Paul Fussell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-fussell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/paul-fussell-12359_anomalies_a-guide-book-is-addressed-to-those-who-p_2908080.jpg) > [A travel book is a book that puts you in the shoes of the traveler, and it's usually a book about having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/a-travel-book-is-a-book-that-puts-you-in-the-shoes-of-the-traveler/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ea/paul-theroux-913_arctic_a-travel-book-is-a-book-that-puts-you-in_934785.jpg) > [Unless there is a strong sense of place there is no travel writing, but it need not come from topographical description; dialogue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/unless-there-is-a-strong-sense-of-place-there-is-no-travel-writing/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/137/paul-theroux-913_albania_unless-there-is-a-strong-sense-of-place_2565270.jpg) ## Top authors on Travel books - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-theroux-74195.jpg) Paul Theroux 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/travel-books/paul-theroux/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/travel-books/#itemlist", "name": "Travel books Quotes", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All that is gold does not glitter.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J. 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