“...Bhutan all but bases its identity upon its loneliness, and its refusal to b assimilated into India, or Tibet, or Nepal. Vietnam,… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
“There is a Cinzano on the table beside me and a siphon of aerated water. I am at a loss to know… — Peter Mayne Copy Share Image
“It doesn't matter where or how far you go - the farther commonly the worse - the important thing is how alive… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, you feel yourself weightless, thinned. You draw back the curtains (if there are any) on a rectangle of wasteland at dawn,… — Colin Thubron Copy Share Image
The difference between travel writing as fiction is the difference between recording what the eye sees and discovering what the imagination knows.… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“A person does not grow from the ground like a vine or a tree, one is not part of a plot of… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“One need not be a rabid Anglican to be extremely sensible to the charm of an English country church...” — Henry James Copy Share Image
“...what I'm getting at is like the distinction between tourist and a traveler. The tourist experience is superficial and glancing. The traveler… — Ted Conover Copy Share Image
“And yet on that bench at Jacobacci, I was glad I had left everyone else behind. Although this was a town with… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“The green sea tortoise swim unhindered through them; this quiet underworld has here from time immemorial.” — Mehreen Ahmed Copy Share Image
“And so we went. And so it went. And, slowly, I began to learn: speaking in the same language does not equal… — Gerry Abbey Copy Share Image
I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. Mary — Mary Anne Radmacher Copy Share Image
A man of ordinary talent will always be ordinary, whether he travels or not; but a man of superior talent (which I… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
“Before me and beside me sat a row of the comeliest young men, clad in black gowns and wearing on their shoulders… — Henry James Copy Share Image
Your past experiences will flavour your future ones, that is human nature. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“As the silence returned, I sat back and felt the tension ease away; I hadn’t even known I was tense. A few… — Gerry Abbey Copy Share Image
For years, I meant to read 'Arabian Sands', Wilfred Thesiger's account of two punishing camel journeys during the late 1940s across Southern… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
“How could we have discovered great lands, if we dare not travel?” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“Finally, after a glance at Notre Dame and a brisk trot through the Louvre, we sat down at a cafe on the… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
“You are crying, feeling lost sitting in that chair. For the love of God, have some love for Travel.” — Chetan M Kumbhar Copy Share Image
“I like the idea that when I die, I will have a long sit-down chat with God and get answers to all… — Kristine K. Stevens Copy Share Image
