In Turkey it was always 1952, in Malaysia 1937; Afghanistan was 1910 and Bolivia 1949. It is 20 years ago in the Soviet Union, 10 in Norway, five in France. It is always last year in Australia and next week in Japan.

Ever since childhood, when I lived within earshot of the Boston and Maine, I have seldom heard a train go by and not wished I was on it.

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

No one has ever described the place where I have just arrived: this is the emotion that makes me want to travel. It is one of the greatest reasons to go anywhere.

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

One of the cardinal principles of Buddhism, the principle of neglect.

There has to be a measure of difficulty or problem-solving in travel for it to be worthwhile.