To be alone is to be free, and freedom was the only happiness accessible to my nature.
Isabelle EberhardtA nomad I was even when I was very small and would stare at the road, that white spellbinding road headed straight for the unknown ... a nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.
Isabelle EberhardtBut the vagrant owns the whole vast earth that ends only at the nonexistent horizon, and his empire is an intangible one, for his domination and enjoyment of it are things of the spirit.
Isabelle EberhardtFor now it seems that by advancing into unknown territories, I entered into my life
Isabelle EberhardtI am full of the sorrow that goes with changes in surroundings, those successive stages of annihilation that slowly lead to the great and final void.
Isabelle EberhardtThe cowardly belief that a person must stay in one place is too reminiscent of the unquestioning resignation of animals, beasts of burden stupefied by servitude and yet always willing to accept the slipping on of the harness. There are limits to every domain, and laws to govern every organized power. But the vagrant owns the whole vast earth that ends only at the non-existent horizon, and her empire is an intangible one, for her domination and enjoyment of it are things of the spirit.
Isabelle Eberhardt