So many bright futures consigned to the ashes of the past.So many dreams lost in the madness that had engulfed us.Except for a few widely scattered shouts of joy,the survivors of the abyss sat hollow-eyed and silent, trying to comprehend a world without war.

Travelers learn not just foreign customs and curious cuisines and unfamiliar beliefs and novel forms of government. They learn, if they are lucky, humility.

Travel sharpens the senses. Abroad one feels, sees and hears things in an abnormal way.

All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel

Travel at its truest is thus an ironic experience.

Wars damage the civilian society as much as they damage the enemy. Soldiers never get over it.

Before the development of tourism, travel was conceived to be like study, and it's fruits were considered to be the adornment of the mind and the formation of the judgment.