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.

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

The state of minds vary according to the angle under which one examines them.

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.

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

Not only does travel give us a new system of reckoning, it also brings to the fore unknown aspects of our own self. Our consciousness being broadened and enriched, we shall judge ourselves more correctly.

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