The French word for wanderlust or wandering is 'errance.' The etymology is the same as 'error.' So to wander is to make mistakes. In other words, to make mistakes, to make errors is sort of the idea of learning through… — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
There are some moments in life that are like pivots around which your existence turns—small intuitive flashes, when you know you have done something… — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
Australia's arid western region, from the town of Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean coast, is a beautiful, haunting, but largely empty land. Dominated… — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
The two things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most… — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
That odd idea that one person can go to a foreign part and in this rather odd voice describe it to the folks back… — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
When I was young, I thought I wouldn't be a good mother. Now I think I would be, but I'm too long in the… — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
I think people are frightened by different things, so I don't see myself as particularly courageous. — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
“... It is better to proceed with one's duty in the service of others than wallow in the pain attachments bring” — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
I try to factor solitude into my life because more and more, that's becoming a very precious and rare commodity. — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
I think a lot of writers are unrealistic about having their books translated into film. — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
Some of us just don't want to be famous ... anonymity cannot be bought for any price, once you have lost it. — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
The truth is I'm not really interested in travel writing as it's generally conceived, and even less so in female travel writing. — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
