“I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.”— Mary Anne Radmacher, goodreads.com
“Let’s not travel to tick things off lists, or collect half-hearted semi-treasures to be placed in dusty drawers in empty rooms. Rather, we’ll travel to find grounds and rooftops and tiny hidden parks, where we’ll sit and dismiss the passing time, spun in the city’s web, ‘til we’ve surrendered, conte…”— Victoria Erickson, victoriaerickson.com
“And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, in dimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end.”— Pico Iyer, goodreads.com
“Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that god damn mountain.”— Jack Kerouac, goodreads.com
“Travelling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station.”— Lisa St. Aubin de Teran, goodreads.com
“Travelling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.”— Ibn Battuta, goodreads.com
“Travelling isn’t always about running away from things, sometimes it’s about running into what you truly want.”— American Nomad On Twitter, youbackpacking.com
“Woods are filled with the music of birds, and all Nature is laughing under the glorious influence of Summer”— Charles Lanman, books.google.ro
“And at the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, you hair messy, and your eyes sparkling”— Shanti, goodreads.com
“The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning. The weeks that come before are only a climb from balmy spring, and those that follow a drop to the chill of autumn, but the first week of Au…”— Natalie Babbitt, amazon.com
“In time, she will find that it’s not actually all that hard to be captain of the ship.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com
“The longer she travels on her own, the more likely she is to prioritize experiences above all else. Stilettos and purses will lose their luster; she’ll crave far off places and splurge on plane tickets instead.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com
“Traveling on her own will cause a woman to reevaluate her life and give her space to think, feel, and grow.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com
“Each local experience has the potential to open your world even further, allowing space for new belief systems and ways of sharing meals, spirituality, and methods of daily life that were previously mysteries.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com
“One of the biggest regrets of the dying is not being true to and taking more time for themselves.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com
“When you know a lot about the world, you can positively and intelligently contribute to conversations about art, politics, and leisure.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com
“Traveling shows us that we have more similarities with people from other cultures than differences, that the world isn’t that scary after all, and that people are fundamentally good.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com