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. -Ella Maillart Travel
One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm. -Ella Maillart Travel
Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive. -Ella Maillart Travel
I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch. -Ella Maillart Nature
Not only does travel give us a new system of reckoning, it also brings to the fore unknown aspects of our own self. Our consciousness being broadened and enriched, we shall judge ourselves more correctly. -Ella Maillart Travel
It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better. -Ella Maillart Wisdom
One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm. -Ella Maillart Imagination
You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself. -Ella Maillart Travel
