I can see now that a concept or even a feeling makes no sense unless out of our substance we spin around… — 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
