"In a very basic way, a prominent landmark such as Mt. Holyoke tells you where you are. They let you know that you're not the first person in a place."

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"In a very basic way, a prominent landmark such as Mt. Holyoke tells you where you are. They let you know that you're not the first person in a place."

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"Every travel is blessed adventure."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"The journey was a worthwhile. We gain new insight into cultural diversity."

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"Travelling allows you to see the world as it is.And that's beautiful."

Anthony T. Hincks, British Writer

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"I travel because life is short, and I will not wait for fear of death or sanctuary to become a prison of my own making."

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"The photograph reverses the purpose of travel, which until now had been to encounter the strange and unfamiliar."

Marshall McLuhan, Canadian Sociologist

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"It is always sad to leave a place to which one knows one will never return. Such are the melancolies du voyage: perhaps they are one of the most rewarding things about traveling."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

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"It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

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"To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

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"Our bags will be light because it's the best way to travel."

S. A. Tawks, British Author

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