Quote by John Irving Download Open image ““...return trips, to this day...are simply invitations to dull trances or leaden slumber,”” — John Irving ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Modern travel would be totally delightful if only I could learn to enjoy boredom, discomfort, and fatigue.” — Ashleigh Brilliant Copy Share Image
“Yet, sleep does not come. The mind wanders to defy, my heartfelt dreams of slumber.” — Jazz Feylynn Copy Share Image
“Stepping out of the busyness, stopping our endless pursuit of getting somewhere else, is perhaps the most beautiful offering we can make to our… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
“These were always the weirdest trips for me, when it was midnight or even later, and we pulled up to a dark house, trying… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“A few minutes after the initial excited greetings they found themselves journeying in a maxi cab with a contended expression on their fatigued countenances… — Neetha Joseph Copy Share Image
“Long brooding over those lost pleasures exaggerates their charm and sweetness.” — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“So, young person, travel. Travel wide and far. Travel boldly. Travel with full abandon.” — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
“The most difficult journeys often take us where we were meant to go... B” — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“If I were asked to enumerate the pleasures of travel, this would be one of the greatest among them--that so often and so unexpectedly… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And this trip--I can feel it slipping away already, shifting, changing into whatever is next. God, I'm tired. How exhausting it is to be… — Liska Jacobs Copy Share Image
“The small pleasures often hold the power to transform our day and infuse them with cheerful radiance.” — Ramona I Copy Share Image
Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from… — John Irving Copy Share Image
… and so he tried to accept the ache in his heart as what Dr. Larch would call the common symptoms of normal life. — John Irving Copy Share Image
Watch out for people who call themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean––make sure they know what they mean! — John Irving Copy Share Image
The desire to never leave your side, the desire to never see you again. The desire to see your face asleep on the pillow… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I had been a student in Vienna, and one of the neat little things I had found out was about that zoo. It was… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“God, I think I just hit a high E-flat - and I really held it!" Esmeralda said, after one of her more prolonged orgasms,… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“Nostalgia!" Miss Frost cried. "You´re nostalgic!" She repeated. "Just how old are you, William?" She asked. "Seventeen, " I told her. "Seventeen!" Miss Frost… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“JUST BECAUSE A BUNCH OF ATHEISTS ARE BETTER WRITERS THAN THE GUYS WHO WROTE THE BIBLE DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAKE THEM RIGHT!" [Owen Meany] said… — John Irving Copy Share Image
It is much easier to be flexible about where a story begins than it ever was for me to change my mind about where… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“Only the chicken-lover will understand me. He will give me a kindly look, maybe mildly desirous. His eyes will tell me: You might look… — John Irving Copy Share Image
You're nice,' Cushie told him, squeezing his hand. 'And you're my oldest friend.' But they both must have known that you can know someone… — John Irving Copy Share Image
