"I am sure that instinctively we wish to……" — Ella Maillart
"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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42 Quotes by Ella Maillart
Ella Maillart has 42 quotes on this site.
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Not only does travel give us a new system of reckoning, it also brings to the fore unknown aspects of…
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Shall we ever see the 10 million things of the universe simultaneously in order to be the all? I am…
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Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a…
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The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments, but in terms of how this…
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It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that…
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Others are keen to see if natives other than us live better than we do, without heat in pipes, ice…
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The sooner we learn to be jointly responsible, the easier the sailing will be.
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You can feel as brave as Columbus starting for the unknown the first time you enter a Chinese lane full…
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Happiness is the intoxication produced by the moment of poise between a satisfactory past and an immediate future, rich with…
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From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and…
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The timelessness of a concept has to be woven into the running warp of dying time, vertical power has to…
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The true traveller is the one urged to move about for physical, aesthetic, intellectual as well as spiritual reasons.
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Hors D'oeuvre: A ham sandwich cut into forty pieces.
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