Quote by Arthur Smith
Travel books are, by and large, boring. They lodge uncomfortably b

Travel books are, by and large, boring. They lodge uncomfortably between fact, fiction and autobiography. – Arthur Smith

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Occasionally I find a travel book that is both illuminating and entertaining, where vivid writing and research replace self-indulgence and sloppy prose. – Arthur Smith

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Travel
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Don Quixotes Delusions is an excellent read – far better than my own forthcoming travel book, Walking Backwards Across Tuscany. – Arthur Smith

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The Romantic poets were the prototype ramblers, and Ive often found myself following in their footsteps – although perhaps not all of their footsteps since a typical walk for Samuel T. Coleridge might last two days and cover 145km. – Arthur Smith

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Yes, I travel in unusual circles. George Osborne and his wife Frances are my cousins. – Daryl Hall

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Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels. – Nikos Kazantzakis

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To get away from ones working environment is, in a sense, to get away from ones self and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change. – Charles Horton Cooley

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Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive. – Ella Maillart

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