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Ella Maillart

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

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

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"Collect memories, they are your precious property."

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"From a cleansed conscience emerges a changed life."

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"Simple things have greater power than the complicated things!"

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"If he did not speak his tale, it grew dank and musty, it shrank inside him, while with the telling the tale stayed fresh and virtuous."

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"Abundance in life comes from generosity."

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"To live in bliss, love everything, including people, unconditionally."

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"When I crossed Asia with my friend Peter Fleming, we spoke to no one but each other during many months, and we covered exactly the same ground. Nevertheless my journey differed completely from his."
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"Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of."
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"When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes."
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