Rose Quote by Ella Maillart

“I am sure that instinctively we wish to be everything, to possess it-why cut the rose or marry the man, otherwise?” quote by Ella Maillart — Download Open image

“I am sure that instinctively we wish to be everything, to possess it-why cut the rose or marry the man, otherwise?”

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When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes.

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There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men.

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Humanity is made up of an infinity of different individuals. Each of us travels for motives exclusively his own.

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I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch.

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You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.

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Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive.

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