Quote by Gregory Maguire Download Open image ““The overdressed traveler betrays more interest in being seen than in seeing.”” — Gregory Maguire ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“The overdressed traveller betrays more interest in being seen than in seeing, while the true traveller knows that the novel world about her serves… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“The look in the eyes is something that can be disguised, unless you have seen the same journey” — Stacey Danson Copy Share Image
“Like a real traveller, he looks for whatever he has in common with the people he encounters, to a point where the sense of… — Mateo Cabello Copy Share Image
“only look at souvenirs, no matter how tempting they are. This has allowed me to focus more on the journey itself.” — Fumio Sasaki Copy Share Image
“Mystery is not about traveling to new places but about looking with new eyes.” — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
“But the beauty is in the walking -- we are betrayed by destinations.” — Gwyn Thomas Copy Share Image
“Perhaps one of my favorite things about travelling is getting to mark and observe other readers.” — Rachel Heffington Copy Share Image
“I think that's the point of view of an outsider, a tourist who puts picturesqueness above everything else.” — Paul Bowles Copy Share Image
“Sometimes a journey is not about the traveler. It is not about a destination. It is about the bringing together of worlds. It is… — Thomas Lloyd Qualls Copy Share Image
“Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going. Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.” — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“By so giving up, of course, it renews itself- that is the secret” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
Forgive us our trespasses," says Margarethe, "and get out of our way. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“There are two kinds of anger: hot and cold. Boys and girls experience both, but as they grow up the anger separates according to the sex. Boys need hot anger to survive. They need inclination to fight, the drive to sink the knife into the flesh, the energy and initiative of fury. It's a requirement of hunting, of defense, of… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share
“Very few things in the world are certain, but morning is one of them.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
No one survives in times of war unless they make war their home. How did I get so old and wise, but for welcoming… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“I care as much as I can, but I don’t spend energy caring about things I cannot resolve.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“How many times in a life, he thought, will I lie down in a darkness whose character I cannot imagine, to see what daybreak… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
Old Flossie settle down on the other side of What-the-Dickens and dragged some handiwork out of a sack. She armed herself with two thorns shaped into knitting needles. A wodge of curlicued metallic scrubbing pad supplied the threat. 'I knit handcuffs as a hobby,' explained Old Flossie happily, and set to work. 'Idle hands get up to no good, so… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share
I shall pray for your soul,' promised Nessarose. I shall wait for your shoes,' Elphie answered. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
My first job was scooping ice cream at Friendly's in Albany, New York. I hated the work, most of my colleagues, and the uniform,… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“At its most elemental, a spell is no more than a recipe for change.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
I write because I admire the act of rationalization, of seeking clarity in one's understanding of the complexities of life, and I'm bad at… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
