Patriotism Quote by Albert Camus

“And then, amidst the joy that grips everyone, I meet your mysteriously mirthless gaze, wandering no one knows where, in some far-off kingdom, in…

— Boris Pasternak

“And I will close my eyes and prepare myself so that they can unscrew my head and allow the map to slip into my…

— Marlene Van Niekerk

“Living in a state of constant wistful despair, perhaps, will be my destiny, said the traveller. Longing to be touched by you, will perhaps,…

— Preeti Bhonsle

“Well, my dear father, in the shipwreck of life--for life is an eternal shipwreck of our hopes--I throw all my useless baggage in the…

— Alexandre Dumas, père

“if you desire within your heart, riches, to help the hungry, the unclothed, the sick, the afflicted, the imprisoned, you will receive beyond measure,…

— TJR Senior

“Sail, sail thy best, ship of democracy, Of value is thy freight, 'tis not the present only, The past is also stored in thee,…

— Walt Whitman

“Sorrow knocked at my door, but I was afraid Ambition called to me, but I dreaded the chances. Yet all the while I hungered…

— Edger Lee Masters

“You said, "I will go to another land, I will go to another sea. Another city will be found, better than this. Every effort…

— C.P. Cavafy

“I have no longing for great wealth. For great adventure, yes, to travel widely and love deeply these things I value more than profits.…

— Julie Klassen

“I would give all the land in the world for a bit of ocean. People say that sailors soon get tired of their business;…

— Doma Publishing House

“With the need for the self in the time of another / I left my seaport grim and dear / knowing good work could…

— Roman Payne

“...alone in this city, alone on this sea. The days were strewn about him, he was a drunkard of days. He had achieved nothing.…

— James Salter