Ella Maillart

Writer

1903-02-20

Books by Ella Maillart

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One of the main points about travelling is to develop in us a feeling of solidarity, of that oneness without which no better world is possible.
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It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better.
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When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes.
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One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.
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The true traveller is the one urged to move about for physical, aesthetic, intellectual as well as spiritual reasons.
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Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive.
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Those who appreciate the ways of simple tribes, where every activity is direct and immediately understandable, are able to live among them.
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The state of minds vary according to the angle under which one examines them.
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There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men.
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The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments, but in terms of how this journey affects and changes our character.
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The timelessness of a concept has to be woven into the running warp of dying time, vertical power has to be wedded to the horizontal earth.
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