“I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch.”

“You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.”

“Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive.”

“Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.”

“It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better.”

“When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes.”

“I do not know where to go, but I have been on the road.”

“While she was in transit, being unattached was exhilarating, but the moment she stopped, so did the high.”

“The natural tenderness and delicacy of our constitution, added to the many dangers we are subject to from your sex, renders it almost impossible for a single lady to travel without injury to her ch...”

“Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.”

“Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.”

“It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.”

“Any kid will run any errand for you, if you ask at bedtime.”

“Sports can't be run by governments.”

“You can't just let nature run wild.”