Worldview Break Quotes

“I’ve ruined myself for a normal life. I know that now. And I didn't do it with drugs, or a scandalous affair, but I’ve ruined myself the old-fashioned way: I packed my bags, left the house, got on a plane, and flew across an ocean.”
― Lokesh Tuli, Notes From Exile: The "Manual for the Broken”

“Once you’ve stood on a street corner where you don't speak the language, and the world is screaming at you in colors you’ve never seen... you fucking change.”
― Lokesh Tuli, Notes From Exile: The "Manual for the Broken”

“It happens the second you leave the reservation. Not for a vacation. Not for a resort where they speak English and bring you drinks with little umbrellas. The world stops being a globe sitting on a teacher’s desk and becomes a living, breathing, bleeding animal. You see how big it is. You see how terrifyingly small you are.”
― Lokesh Tuli, Notes From Exile: The "Manual for the Broken”

“They don't tell you about the curse of travelling.
You went out there and saw the colors, tasted the wine, saw the chaos.
You expanded our minds until they couldn't fit back into these little boxes people call ‘NORMAL lives.'
Now, the local gossip feels petty. The 9-to-5 feels like a cage.
It’s the curse of the wanderer. You fit in everywhere, so you don't fit in anywhere.”
― Lokesh Tuli, Notes From Exile: The "Manual for the Broken”

“When you travel, You fall in love in fast-forward.
Because you know there is an expiration date. You know one of you has a flight on Tuesday.
It’s not romance. Don't kid yourself. It’s a desperation.
You’re alone in a city that doesn't speak your language. You find someone else who looks just as lost as you. You hold onto each other. You squeeze a lifetime into a weekend. You swear it means something.
Then the train comes. The bus leaves.
And you’re just left with a phone number you’ll never call and a spot in the bed that gets cold real fast.
It’s a cheap trick. But we fall for it every time.”
― Lokesh Tuli, Notes From Exile: The "Manual for the Broken”