“One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.”
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Shall we ever see the 10 million things of the universe simultaneously in order to be the all? I am convinced that to live is to travel towards the world's end.
Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.
Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of.
I gained direct knowledge of the life of the poor in big towns: I have lived the narrowing mechanism of its conditioning and feared it.