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

I refuse to imprison our acts in the rigid mould of sentences.

You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.

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

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

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.

Humanity is made up of an infinity of different individuals. Each of us travels for motives exclusively his own.