From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and tide.
Ella Maillart

When I look at something, it is certain that for an instant I am one with what I see.
Ella Maillart

That idea of escapism... these words could sum up my life.
Ella Maillart

I wanted to learn a few foreign languages, and therefore I had to go abroad.
Ella Maillart

Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive.
Ella Maillart

When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes.
Ella Maillart

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

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