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

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


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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.



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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