Not only does travel give us a new system of reckoning, it also brings to the fore unknown aspects of our own self. Our consciousness being broadened and enriched, we shall judge ourselves more correctly. – Ella Maillart
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
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
You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself. – Ella Maillart
Songs really are like a form of time travel because they really have moved forward in a bubble. Everyone whos connected with it, the studios gone, the musicians are gone, and the only thing thats left is this recording which was only about a three-minute period maybe 70 years ago. – Tom Waits