Cities Quote by Italo Calvino

“And Marco's answer was: 'Elsewhere is a negative mirror. The traveler recognizes the little that is his, discovering the much he has not had…

— Italo Calvino

Elsewhere is a negative mirror. The traveler recognizes the little that is his, discovering the much he has not had and will never have.

— Italo Calvino

“That's one benefit of travelling to your own future, and making the trip part of your past.”

— James A. Owen

“I should explain that I really did travel, but everything smacks to me of merely telling myself that I travelled, although I didn’t. I…

— Fernando Pessoa

“The past is your road traveled thus far, the future your destination, the present an obstacle that must be overcome to reach the latter.”

— Cody Edward Lee Miller

“Sometimes without conscious realization, our thoughts, our faith, out interests are entered into the past. We talk about other times, other places, other persons,…

— James McBride

“A 'journey' is not about the DESTINATIONS you have made in your life, it is the fact that you are STILL looking forward to…

— Athena Dent

“Past experiences are not always an ideal or good reflection of the present or the future.”

— Steven Redhead

While you have a future do not live too much in contemplation of your past: unless you are content to walk backward the mirror…

— Ambrose Bierce

“This is what happens on journeys—the things you find are not necessarily the things you had gone looking for.”

— Anne Ursu

“focus on the journey, not on arriving at a certain destination. Keep looking to the future, not mourning the past.”

— Chris Hadfield

“Man can never go backwards, but his past can light the way for his journey.”

— Angel Cox