#ravel

There is psychological pleasure in this takeoff, too, for the swiftness of the plane’s ascent is an exemplary symbol of transformation. The display of power can inspire us to imagine analogous, decisive shifts in our own lives, to imagine that we, too, might one day surge above much that now looms over us.” P. 38-39 ↗

— Alain de Botton

#art

Venice appeared to me as in a recurring dream, a place once visited and now fixed in memory like images on a photographer’s plates so that my return was akin to turning the leaves of a portfolio: a scene of the gondolas moored by the railway station; the Grand Canal in twilight; the Rialto bridge; the Piazza San Marco; the shimmering, rippling wonderland; the bustling water traffic; the fish market; the Lido beach and boardwalk; Teeny in the launch; the singing, gesturing gondoliers; the bourgeois tourists drinking coffee at Florian’s; the importunate beggars; the drowned girl’s ghost haunting the Bridge of Sighs; the pigeons, mosquitoes and fetor of decay. ↗

— Gary Inbinder

#travel #venice #dreams

I am with you. I'm not going anywhere." "Is there anything special you want to see? Paris? Budapest? The Leaning Tower of Pisa?" Only if it falls on Sebastian's head, she thought. "Can we travel to Idris? I mean, I guess, can the apartment travel there?" "It can't get past the wards." His hand traced a path down her cheek. "You know,I really missed you." "You mean you haven't been going on romantic dates with Sebastian while you've been away from me?" "I tried", Jace said, "but no matter how liquored up you get him , he just won't put out. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace-wayland #traveling #dating

Our work is directly proportional to the distances our dreams travel across, as force (power) is a constant factor ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#distances #dreams #proportional #travel #work

Dream Bravely. Find fearlessness inside of you. Dare, and fear will falter. Challenge, and fear will flee. This is the beginning of your dream-making. ↗

— Carew Papritz

#dream-bravely #dream-making #fearlessness #the-legacy-letters #dreams

Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you have travelled. ↗

— Anonymous

#god-s-creation #traveling #education

I want to urge you very strongly to travel as much as you can, and to evolve yourself as an internationalist. It's as important a part of your education as a radical as the reading of any book. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#education

The tourist was the great conservative who hated novelty and adored dirt. ↗

— Henry Adams

#travel #education

Travel Moulds A Man,People Mould His Wisdom And Experiences Mould His LIFE...! ↗

— Sujit Lalwani

#inspirational-quotes #life #people #travel #wisdom

To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live. ↗

— Hans Christian Andersen

#life #travel #experience