Ella Maillart

You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.

When I look at something, it is certain that for an instant I am one with what I see.

The state of minds vary according to the angle under which one examines them.

One travels to escape from it all, but that is the great illusion: It cannot be done, since one travels with one's mind.

I wanted to learn a few foreign languages, and therefore I had to go abroad.

I refuse to imprison our acts in the rigid mould of sentences.