He regarded himself as an accomplished writer — a clear sign of madness in anyone.

You must not judge people by their country. In South America, it is always wise to judge people by their altitude.

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

Loneliness in travel directs you and tells you about yourself. You don't become lonely unless you're alone.

Reading is also a journey. It's a process of discovery.

Death is an endless night so awful to contemplate that it can make us love life and value it with such passion that it may be the ultimate cause of all joy and all art.

I think that love isn't what you think it is when you're in your twenties or even thirties.