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“Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.”
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“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
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“I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little further down our particular path than we have yet gone ourselves.”
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“It seemed an advantage to be traveling alone. Our responses to the world are crucially moulded by the company we keep, for we temper our curiosity to fit in with the expectations of others...Being closely observed by a companion can also inhibit our observation of others; then, too, we may become caught up in adjusting ourselves to the companion's questions and remarks, or feel the need to make ourselves seem more normal than is good for our curiosity.”
― The Art of Travel
― The Art of Travel
“You can't understand a city without using its public transportation system.”
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