All good trips are, like love, about being carried out of yourself and deposited in the midst of terror and wonder.

For centuries, Cubas greatest resource has been its people.

We can better see what we don't have. The other man's grass is always greener and now we can actually go and visit his grass much more and feel the absence of green in our own lives.

The more internationalism there is in the world, the more nationalism there will always be, as people feel scared of the Other streaming into their neighbourhood and don't always know where to lay their foundations in a world on the move.

I love the fact that we can't explain coincidences. I think it's like sometimes you walk into a crowded room and you'll see a stranger and you feel as if you know her better than the friends that you came with. And the very fact that you can't explain it is what gives it its power, that it lies in some deeper or mysterious realm, I think.

Travel is not really about leaving our homes, but leaving our habits.

All good trips are, like love, about being carried out of yourself and deposited in the midst of terror and wonder.