Sally Jane Smith > Quotes

“Passive and disconnected, I was trapped in the mundane. And it wasn’t helping me get my bearings, either. To do that, you need to walk. You need to climb steps, sniff the breeze, listen to the sounds of the city. You need to feel the cobbles beneath your feet and the sun’s heat on your neck as you consult maps and ask for directions and take wrong turns and find your way back again.”
― Sally Jane Smith, Unpacking for Greece: Travel in a Land of Fortresses, Fables, Ferries and Feta

“It was more a middlescence, a time of restlessness, frustration, alienation.”
― Sally Jane Smith, Unpacking for Greece: Travel in a Land of Fortresses, Fables, Ferries and Feta

“In many ways, my week at Limnisa was the most uneventful of my travels, a hiatus from adventure. In others, it was the most significant. It had a deep effect on my psyche – deep enough to inspire a dream, weeks later, in which I was writing this book.”
― Sally Jane Smith, Unpacking for Greece: Travel in a Land of Fortresses, Fables, Ferries and Feta