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I gained direct knowledge of the life of the poor in big towns: I

I gained direct knowledge of the life of the poor in big towns: I have lived the narrowing mechanism of its conditioning and feared it. – Ella Maillart

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You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself. – Ella Maillart

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Shall we ever see the 10 million things of the universe simultaneously in order to be the all? I am convinced that to live is to travel towards the worlds end. – Ella Maillart

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The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself. – Ella Maillart

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Through the mythology of Einstein, the world blissfully regained the image of knowledge reduced to a formula. – Roland Barthes

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