"The cowardly belief that a person must stay……" — Isabelle Eberhardt
"The cowardly belief that a person must stay in one place is too reminiscent of the unquestioning resignation of animals, beasts of burden stupefied by servitude and yet always willing to accept the slipping on of the harness. There are limits to every domain, and laws to govern every organized power. But the vagrant owns the whole vast earth that ends only at the non-existent horizon, and her empire is an intangible one, for her domination and enjoyment of it are things of the spirit."
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Isabelle Eberhardt
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13 Quotes by Isabelle Eberhardt
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For now it seems that by advancing into unknown territories, I entered into my life
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I am not afraid of death, but would not want to die in some obscure or pointless way.
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A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.
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For those who know the value of and exquisite taste of solitary freedom (for one is only free when alone),…
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The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character.
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