They say that if the Swiss had designed these mountains they'd be rather flatter.

In countries where all the crooked politicians wear pin-striped suits, the best people are bare-assed.

Travel is at its most rewarding when it ceases to be about your reaching a destination and becomes indistinguishable from living your life

Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. It's also about mutual help, not about exploitation.

I think I understand passion. Love is something else.

Going slowly [...] was the best way of being reminded that there is a relationship between Here and There, and that travel narrative was the story of There and Back.

Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing.