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I am convinced that to live is to travel towards the world's end.


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Others are keen to see if natives other than us live better than we do, without heat in pipes, ice in boxes, sunshine in bulbs, music on disks, or images gliding over a pale screen.

Others are keen to see if natives other than us live better than we do, without heat in pipes, ice in boxes, sunshine in bulbs, music on disks, or images gliding over a pale screen.



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.



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.



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.



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

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

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.



When I look at something, it is certain that for an instant I am one with what I see.

When I look at something, it is certain that for an instant I am one with what I see.



One of the main points about travelling is to develop in us a feeling of solidarity, of that oneness without which no better world is possible.

One of the main points about travelling is to develop in us a feeling of solidarity, of that oneness without which no better world is possible.



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.

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.



The wideness of the horizon has to be inside us, cannot be anywhere but inside us, otherwise what we speak about is geographic distances.

The wideness of the horizon has to be inside us, cannot be anywhere but inside us, otherwise what we speak about is geographic distances.





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To tell a love story true, a romance writer must bare hearts, souls and bodies.



We look at your eyes. The eyes carry the wounds. The eyes know damage. Damaged people recognize other damaged people, and we let you in. We are kindred. - Broken Places

We look at your eyes. The eyes carry the wounds. The eyes know damage. Damaged people recognize other damaged people, and we let you in. We are kindred. - Broken Places



I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.



So the next thing I assume I'll be hearing from Republicans, they want to change rules some way, as they do on the House when you get a problem with ethics, they just change the rules.

So the next thing I assume I'll be hearing from Republicans, they want to change rules some way, as they do on the House when you get a problem with ethics, they just change the rules.



I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.

I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.



Everyone has class, one class or another.

Everyone has class, one class or another.



The kind of hero worship you have, when a parent is lost early and you don't know all their faults and misgivings, is a very strong influence.

The kind of hero worship you have, when a parent is lost early and you don't know all their faults and misgivings, is a very strong influence.



I have never acted he has never been cast in a romantic lead or has been cast opposite a female love interest in any movie he starred in.

I have never acted he has never been cast in a romantic lead or has been cast opposite a female love interest in any movie he starred in.



Sitting in a Court of law, I can receive no evidence but what comes under the sanction of an oath.

Sitting in a Court of law, I can receive no evidence but what comes under the sanction of an oath.



I always had a problem with original sin; I always had a problem with the exclusivity of the church and a lot of the things that the nuns taught me.

I always had a problem with original sin; I always had a problem with the exclusivity of the church and a lot of the things that the nuns taught me.




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