Travel, which was once either a necessity or an adventure, has become very largely a commodity, and from all sides we are persuaded into thinking that it is a social requirement, too.
Jan MorrisI know well the delectable thrill of moving into a new house somewhere altogether else, in somebody elseโs county, where the climate is different, the food is different, the light is different, where the mundane preoccupations of life at home donโt seem to apply and it is even fun to go shopping.
Jan MorrisAs to sex, the original pleasure, I cannot recommend too highly the advantages of androgyny.
Jan MorrisWas there ever a name more full of purpose than Chicago's? ... spoken as Chicagoans themselves speak it, with a bit of a spit to give heft to its slither, it is gloriously onomatopoetic.
Jan MorrisBook lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence.
Jan MorrisDublin ... is not only the capital of a nation, but the capital of an idea. The idea of Irishness is not universally beloved. Some people mock it, some hate it, some fear it. On the whole, though, I think it fair to say, the world interprets it chiefly as a particular kind of happiness, a happiness sometimes boozy and violent, but essentially innocent: and this ineradicable spirit of merriment informs the Dublin genius to this day.
Jan Morris