Truly, the worst trains take one across the best landscapes.

Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.

There are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy Irish rock star in a cowboy hat, but I can't think of one at the moment.

The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume.

I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better.

You go away for a long time and return a different person - you never come all the way back.

You can't save the rhinos and you can't preserve a culture. I'm very pessimistic. Once it's gone, it's over.

All travel is circular. I had been jerked through Asia, making a parabola on one of the planet's hemispheres. After all, the grand tour is just the inspired man's way of heading home.

Travel is an attitude, a state of mind. It is not residence, it is motion.

Railways are irresistible bazaars, snaking along perfectly level no matter what the landscape, improving your mood with speed, and never upsetting your drink.

Tibet has a very proud people but it's culturally gone and overrun ever since the Chinese took over. It's like saving the rhino. When a species is endangered, it's gone.

I am no more than a child, but my Father lives for ever and I have a Protector great enough to save me.

Kindle the flame of fire in your spirit.

To write about a struggle amidst the struggling: one must hope that the muddling will end someday.

The world is a dangerous place to live - not because of the people who are evil but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

The rules of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of architecture never built a house.

Set yourself up for success from the very beginning and then focus on maintaining that success.

I want to draw and study a few things closely by feeling, not thinking.

Spring is the ultimate genius of the existence and the utter ladder of the lovers ascending to the infinity.

All the world Loves You, but You are nowhere to be found, Hidden and yet . . . completely obvious!

Im still betting on you. - Cinna.