Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of.

I am sure that instinctively we wish to be everything, to possess it-why cut the rose or marry the man, otherwise?

We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when we were children.

I wanted to learn a few foreign languages, and therefore I had to go abroad.

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

You can feel as brave as Columbus starting for the unknown the first time you enter a Chinese lane full of boys laughing at you, or when you risk climbing down in a Tibetan pub for a meal of rotten meat.

Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.