Author: Ella Maillart

Quotes

That idea of escapism... these words could sum up my life.

That idea of escapism... these words could sum up my life.

- Ella Maillart

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

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

- Ella Maillart

One travels to escape from it all, but that is the great illusion: It cannot be done, since one travels with one's mind.

One travels to escape from it all, but that is the great illusion: It cannot be done, since one travels with one's mind.

- Ella Maillart

We must develop a deeper interest and greater understanding of the people we meet here or abroad. Like us, they are passengers on board that mysterious ship called life.

We must develop a deeper interest and greater understanding of the people we meet here or abroad. Like us, they are passengers on board that mysterious ship called life.

- Ella Maillart

From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and tide.

From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and tide.

- Ella Maillart

One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.

One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.

- Ella Maillart

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

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

- Ella Maillart

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

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

- Ella Maillart

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

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

- Ella Maillart

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