By its existence, the Peace Movement denies that governments know best; it stands for a different order of priorities: the human race comes first.

travel is compost for the mind

If I were a first rate writer, I wouldn't mind a bit. What does depress me is this: it is so desperately hard and so obsessive and so lonely to write that, in return for all this work, one would like a little self satisfaction. And that is never going to come, for the simple reason that I do not deserve it. I cannot be a good enough writer. You see? I call it grim. But the future looks awfully clear to me.

All amateur travellers have experienced horror journeys, long or short, sooner or later, one way or another. As a student of disaster, I note that we react alike to our tribulations: frayed and bitter at the time, proud afterwards. Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival.

If I practised sex, out of moral conviction, that was one thing; but to enjoy it... seemed a defeat.

Journalism at its best and most effective is education. Apparently people would not learn for themselves, nor from others.

Once you get a tyranny, you don't easily get rid of it. Much better to remember about eternal vigilance.