“See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask for no guarantees, ask for no security.”
― Fahrenheit 451
― Fahrenheit 451
“Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever.”
― Last Argument of Kings
― Last Argument of Kings
“...but I preferred reading the American landscape as we went along. Every bump, rise, and stretch in it mystified my longing.”
― On the Road
― On the Road
“Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating only in Hard Rock Cafes and McDonalds? Or do we want to eat without fear, tearing into the local stew, the humble taqueria's mystery meat, the sincerely offered gift of a lightly grilled fish head? I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once.”
― Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
― Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
“It is always sad to leave a place to which one knows one will never return. Such are the melancolies du voyage: perhaps they are one of the most rewarding things about traveling.”
― Flaubert in Egypt
― Flaubert in Egypt
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