"A fondness for roving, for making a name for themselves in their onw country, and for boasting of what they had seen in their travels, was so strong in our two wanderers, that they resolved to be no longer happy; and demanded permission of the king to leave the country."

Travel, Adventure, Happiness, Desire

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"A fondness for roving, for making a name for themselves in their onw country, and for boasting of what they had seen in their travels, was so strong in our two wanderers, that they resolved to be no longer happy; and demanded permission of the king to leave the country."

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Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

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"Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world."

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"Of all possible debauches, traveling is the greatest that I know; that's the one they invented when they got tired of all the others."

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"Travel, which was once either a necessity or an adventure, has become very largely a commodity, and from all sides we are persuaded into thinking that it is a social requirement, too."

Jan Morris, English Writer

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"As Robin Morgan wrote so wisely, "Hate generalizes, love specifies". Thats what makes going on the road so important. It definitely specifies."

Gloria Steinem, American Activist

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"For my part I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

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"To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive."

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"I'm such a girl for the living room. I really like to stay in my nest and not move. I travel in my mind, and that that's a rigorous state of journeying for me. My body isn't that interested in moving from place to place."

bell hooks, American Critic

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"The biggest kick I get is to communicate with those who are exiled from the game - in hospitals, homes, prisons - those who have seldom seen a game, who can't travel to a game, those who are blind."

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