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

I'm constantly running across people who have never heard of books I think they should read.

Travel is only glamorous in retrospect.

Bogotá seemed a cruel towering place, like an eagles' nest now inhabited by vultures and their dying prey.

All places, no matter where, no matter what, are worth visiting.

Reading liberates you. You could know about the world through reading.

All politicians, even the most idealistic ones, are looking for money, sucking up to rich people.