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Ella Maillart Quotes

One travels so as to learn once more how to marvel at life in the way a child does. And blessed be the poet, the artist who knows how to keep alive his sense of wonder.
Ella Maillart

Biography

Author Profession: Writer
Nationality: Swiss
Born: February 20, 1903
Died: March 27, 1997

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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

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