431 Quotes About Traveling

Contrary to what the media tell us, I can certify that there are very few rapists, ax murderers, and meth lab motels out there on the open roads. Of course, they exist—and even one is too many—but ask yourself: if something terrible had just happened in your hometown, why would your "local" news be feeding you stories about a tragedy fifteen states away? 
Crime is down overall, folks. Breathe.

Cuando nos dimos cuenta, ya nos habíamos ido de cartagena y empezamos a andar por barranquilla, luego pasamos toda la costa y también hasta que llegamos a manizales.

People don't take trips—trips take people.

Landscapes of fields and small clusters of buildings hurtle past outside like fragments of songs never sung in their entirety.

Sometimes our mistakes put us exactly where we need to be... I guess that's what I've learned to love about travel... You meet so many random people. You're not so closed off. You're more open to yourself.

Aside from my cockeyed internal compass, I also have a shortage of personal coolness, which can be a liability in travel. I have never learned how to arrange my face into that blank expression of competent invisibility that is so useful when traveling in dangerous, foreign places. You know - that super-relaxed, totally-in-charge expression which makes you look like you belong there, anywhere, everywhere, even in the middle of riot in Jakarta.

Towarzysze podróży to zawsze balast. Ale też... usprawiedliwienie. A gdy jesteś sam - nie ma wymówek.

Avevo sempre pensato che le stazioni ferroviarie fossero tra i pochi lughi magici rimasti al mondo. I fantasmi dei ricordi e degli addii vi si mescolavano con l'inizio di centinaia di viaggi per destinazioni lontane, senza ritorno.

Neprozkoumat za celý svůj život svět, do kterého jsme se narodili, je podobně divné, jako si neprohlédnout právě použitý toaletní papír. Nekonečná zvědavost totiž spolu s močením vestoje patří k největším darům, které mladým mužům příroda nadělila. Morální povinnost všech objevitelů je postavit se každému, kdo by nás o ně chtěl připravit. Jedině tak vybudujeme svět, ve kterém jsme hnáni vpřed touhou po poznání a kde můžeme vyčurat své jméno do sněhu.