Voyages Quotes

“A person does not grow from the ground like a vine or a tree, one is not part of a plot of land. Mankind has legs so it can wander.”
― Roman Payne, The Wanderess

“Oh the glamour of youth! Oh the fire of it, more dazzling than the flames of the burning ship, throwing a magic light on the wide earth, leaping audaciously to the sky, presently to be quenched by time, more cruel, more pitiless, more bitter than the sea—and like the flames of the burning ship surrounded by an impenetrable night.”
― Joseph Conrad, Youth, a Narrative

“Voyager, c'est vivre dans toute la plénitude du mot; c'est oublier le passé et l'avenir pour le présent; c'est respirer à pleine poitrine, jouir de tout, s'emparer de la création comme d'une chose qui est sienne, c'est chercher dans la terre des mines d'or que personne n'a fouillées, dans l'air des merveilles que personne n'a vues, c'est passer après la foule et ramasser sous l'herbe les perles et les diamants qu'elle a pris, ignorante et insoucieuse qu'elle est, pour des flocons de neige et des gouttes de rosée. ”
― Alexandre Dumas

“Les gens qui ont besoin de plus qu une valise ne sont pas de vrais voyageurs, ce sont des touristes.”
― Ira Levin, Rosemary’s Baby

“She holds you like a whore in the night, but she'll take your soul and not think twice.”
― Micheal Rivers, The Black Witch

“If I don’t succeed, I will try again and never stop trying.
When I succeed, I will again explore new opportunities.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“… car c’est souvent en errant seule dans les villes inconnues que je suis le mieux arrivée – mais à quelque chose d’autre que ce que je pensais chercher et qui fut presque toujours meilleur.”
― Gabrielle Roy, La Détresse et l'Enchantement

“For the last year and a half this room had been my 'pensive citadel:' here I had read and studied through all the hours of the night: and, though true it was, that for the latter part of this time I, who was framed for love and gentle affections, had lost my gaiety and happiness, during the strife and fever of contention with my guardian; yet, on the other hand, as a boy, so passionately fond of books, and dedicated to intellectual pursuits, I could not fail to have enjoyed many happy hours in the midst of general dejection. I wept as I looked round on the chair, hearth, writing-table, and other familiar objects, knowing too certainly, that I looked upon them for the last time.”
― Thomas de Quincey, Confessions of an English Opium Eater

“There are beautiful places everywhere;
we just have to travel with a beautiful heart.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“So exquisitely perfect was the darkness of the heavens above that one would have difficulty believing it was a prison to the passengers and crew of The Black Witch.”
― Micheal Rivers, The Black Witch

“Keep traveling, even if you don't know where the road will end.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

“Once again I am riding my bike on the streets of loneliness. Your thoughts are the anchor that make me ride fast yet not lose my balance. You had promised me that you would never leave me alone. But I do know that the love that you have bestowed on me is more precious than the biggest pearls discovered by the sailors on their voyages of prosperity. I too sail on myriad voyages in the ocean of my life. And your love holds my ship steady on those turbulent waters of life when the moon even does not show her face to me!”
― Avijeet Das

“Once again I am riding my bike on the streets of loneliness. Your thoughts are the anchor that make me ride fast yet not lose my balance. You had promised me that you would never leave me alone. But I do know that the love that you have bestowed on me is more precious than the biggest pearls discovered by the sailors on their voyages of prosperity. I too sail on myriad voyages in the ocean of my life. And your love holds my ship steady in those turbulent waters of life when even the moon does not show her face to the world!”
― Avijeet Das

“Every big trip where you talk much less and think much more makes you a superior person than your previous self!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Great expeditions are fulfilling, the travel experience is inspired by a great facilitator.”
― Wayne Chirisa

“Without the pilot, there is no flying from one place to another.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“A dream is a voyage to the city of your treasure.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson , The Oneironaut’s Diary