And the ideal travel writer is consumed not just with a will to know. He is also moved by a powerful will to teach.
Paul FussellTo get home you had to end the war. To end the war was the reason you fought it. The only reason.
Paul FussellAll the pathos and irony of leaving one's youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: one knows that the first joy can never be recovered, and the wise traveller learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time.
Paul Fussell