Mari

“It is a strange life up here on the mountain side, but I like it, and never yearn after civilization. ”
― Isabella L. Bird, The Hawaiian Archipelago

“Truly a good horse, good ground to gallop on, and sunshine, make up the sum of enjoyable travelling.”
― Isabella L. Bird, Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

“Oh! To be beyond the pale once more, out of civilization into savagery? I abhor civilization!”
― Isabella Bird

“I still vote civilization a nuisance, society a humbug and all conventionality a crime.”
― Isabella Bird