Bitter Quote by Martha Gellhorn

The traveler's boast, sometimes couched as a complaint, is that of having been an eyewitness, and invariably this experience - shocking though it may…

— Paul Theroux

“Some people appear to thrive after trauma. Loss emboldens them, they form great ambitions and stride forward as if nothing, now, could hurt them.…

— Catriona Menzies-Pike

“Without constant clairvoyance on the part of every man and woman, existence on your plane would involve such inner, psychological insecurity that it would…

— Jane Roberts

Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster. Psychologically the situation is analogous to that of people trampled…

— Bertrand Russell

No day-to-day mishaps or indignities can really compromise your sense of self after you've survived a deep tragedy.

— Kelsey Grammer

My story follows a very classic tragic paradigm in which you learn things too late for them to be of any use, and by…

— Marco Roth

“Travel can sometimes push us to lose ourselves and find ourselves at once. The shedding of old prejudices, dead skin, and the opening of…

— M.B. Dallocchio

When we have emotions of fear and pity toward the hero of a tragedy, we explore aspects of our own vulnerability in a safe…

— Martha Nussbaum

All good trips are, like love, about being carried out of yourself and deposited in the midst of terror and wonder.

— Pico Iyer

“Once you experience a terrible trauma and understand the world from an extreme perspective, it is difficult to overcome this perspective. Because your very…

— Bora Chung

Travel is a joy, full of surprises. Perhaps some of the most enjoyable times are those where one comes close to disaster: the risks…

— Jane Wilson-Howarth

Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends

— Cesare Pavese