We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next to find ourselves. We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate. We travel to bring what little we can, in our ignorance and knowledge, to those parts of the globe whose riches are differently dispersed. And we travel, in essence, to become young fools again- to slow time down and get taken in, and fall in love once more.
Pico IyerWe may be joined these days more by the questions we have in common than by the answers we share.
Pico IyerSo it is that Lonely Places attract as many lonely people as they produce, and the loneliness we see in them is partly in ourselves.
Pico IyerGoing nowhere isnโt about turning your back on the world; itโs about stepping away now and then so that you can see the world more clearly and love it more deeply.
Pico Iyer