“London on your own actually seems more exotic than Egypt on a tour.”
― An Italian Affair
― An Italian Affair
“Nights are long when it's cold and you're waiting for a train.”
― Wandering Star
― Wandering Star
“Karen, her elbows folded on the deck-rail, wanted to share with someone the pleasure in being alone: this is the paradox of any happy solitude. She had never landed at Cork, so this hill and that hill beyond were as unexpected as pictures at which you say "Oh look!" Nobody was beside her to share the moment, which would have been imperfect with anyone else there.”
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“The value of your travels does not hinge on how many stamps you have in your passport when you get home -- and the slow nuanced experience of a single country is always better than the hurried, superficial experience of forty countries.”
― Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
― Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
“Travellers understand, instinctively and by experience, that travel and adventure change and elongate time, even while navigating the deadlines of airline and train departures.”
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Karin’s 2025 Year in Books
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