“What’s hovering between charming sleepiness and overdeveloped soullessness? What must we see before it changes forever? What will transform us?”— Ann Abel, forbes.com
“Whatever this thing is, it’s not traveling far.”— Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Dustin Henderson, Gaten Matarazzo, imdb.com
“One thing Africa did not cure is that I still love you.”— Steven Knight, James Keziah Delaney, Tom Hardy, imdb.com
“Hey listen, if it's cool, I just wanna sit here and enjoy this place for a while. I've always wanted to spend time in 'The City So Nice, They Named It Jacksonville.'”— James Eagan, Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams, Bruce Campbell, imdb.com
“Hayley: Jeff, I don't wanna go to Mexico! Okay, that's your plan! We need a plan we can both be excited about! Jeff: A new plan... New Mexico!”— Alex Cuthbertson, Matt Fusfeld, Keith Heisler, Jeff Fischer (Voice), Jeff Fischer, imdb.com
“I don't miss traveling and sleeping in a hotel every night. I mean that touring got really old. I did it for 15 years and I had no idea I was going to be a talk-show host, but I used to joke with the audience at the end of my set that someday I am going to make you come to me, and I'm not going to c…”— Ellen Degeneres, aalbc.com
“Moving right along In search of good times And good news, With good friends you can't lose. This could become a habit. Opportunity just knocked, Let's reach out and grab it, Together we'll nab it, We'll hitch-hike, bus, or yellow cab it.”— Jim Henson, amazon.com
“Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life - and travel - leaves marks on you. Most of the time, those marks - on your body or on your heart - are beautiful. Often, though, they hurt.”— Anthony Bourdain, amazon.com
“Traveling’s not something you’re good at. It’s something you do. Like breathing. You can’t work too much at it, or it feels like work. You have to surrender yourself to the chaos. To the accidents.”— Gayle Forman, amazon.com
“The desire to learn and explore is something innate and important, and I think that many of us (particularly in the US) neglect those urges. I think that's part of why travel is so dangerously addictive: once you uncover that drive to explore and discover, it's pretty hard to keep denying it.”— Stephanie Yoder, amazon.com
“I love being in cities with lots of other people because I'm reminded that there are billions of people like me and we are each stuck inside of our minds, feverishly trying to crawl out to make connections with other people.”— John Green, youtube.com
“I'm just sitting out here watching airplanes take off and fly trying to figure out which one you might be on.”— Gary Allan, open.spotify.com
“If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.”— Anthony Bourdain, amazon.com
“You can deal with setbacks, misadventures, and even disasters as long as you still believe you can overcome the hardships and see your way to the end.”— Chris Guillebeau, amazon.com
“I knew it was something that I needed to do for myself. If I didn’t do it, I would always wonder about what could have been.”— Chris Guillebeau, amazon.com
“Do work your butt off for a couple years if that’s how long it’ll take for you to get there. Easy projects aren’t quests, they’re holidays from real life. Any real trial will challenge you to the core. Acknowledge that and fight like hell to keep working through it!”— Chris Guillebeau, amazon.com
“Things suffer. I get less sleep than I should...I don’t give my family enough time. It’s a constant tug-of-war between competing interests in my life. I deal with it the best I can and try to roll with the tension as best I can.”— Chris Guillebeau, amazon.com
“Any given moment can change your life. For some people it’s a conversation that opens the doors of possibility: a new business opportunity, perhaps, or a new relationship. For others it’s the sudden shift in perspective: I don’t have to live like this anymore.”— Chris Guillebeau, amazon.com