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Shelby’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for How Not to Travel the World: Adventures of a Disaster-Prone Backpacker

How Not to Travel the World: Adventures of a Disaster-Prone Backpacker by Lauren Juliff

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You’ll find that as you travel you’ll always be asking and answering the same questions. “Where are you from?” “Where have you been?” “Where are you going?” “How long are you traveling for?” Nobody ever seems to ask what your name is or ...more

salt.

by Nayyirah Waheed

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nejma

by Nayyirah Waheed

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Shelby’s Quotes

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus

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“Sometimes the slightest things change the directions of our lives, the merest breath of a circumstance, a random moment that connects like a meteorite striking the earth. Lives have swiveled and changed direction on the strength of a chance remark.”
― Bryce Courtenay

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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: accomplishment, attributed-no-source, be-yourself, conformity, individuality

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“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
― Allen Saunders

tags: fate, life, misattributed-john-lennon, planning, plans

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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

tags: darkness, drive-out, hate, inspirational, light, love, peace

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