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.
Ella MaillartI am sure that instinctively we wish to be everything, to possess it-why cut the rose or marry the man, otherwise?
Ella MaillartI gained direct knowledge of the life of the poor in big towns: I have lived the narrowing mechanism of its conditioning and feared it.
Ella Maillart