Quote by Charles Dickens

“clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever. It was…

— Charles Dickens

“A land is precious, but ours is to be revered.”

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“It began in mystery and it will end in mystery, but what a rare and beautiful country lies in between.”

— Diane Ackerman

“How could we have discovered great lands, if we dare not travel?”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter.”

— H.G. Wells

“Nations are possessed with an insane ambition to perpetuate the memory of themselves by the amount of hammered stone they leave. What if equal…

— Henry David Thoreau

“We were given one country and we've set up in another.”

— Frances Mayes

“In the East, things were better. More brotherhood, communication, curiosity. Primordial landscapes, more sacred places.”

— Paolo Rumiz

“I locate Essential Spain at last - the cruel winds, the grinding poverty, the unforgiving landscape. It could be Wales.”

— william donaldson

“While travelling to several countries over the years it appears we, no-matter from which culture we are searching or striving for redemption.”

— Barry O'Ryan

“My grandparents... planted their land up with trees, both those native... and exotics which stood in memory of the countries where they had lived.”

— Robert Macfarlane

“He tells the hiustory of Panem, the country that rose up out of the ashes of a place that was once North America.”

— Suzanne Collins