"Whereas the tourist generally hurries back home at the end of a few weeks or months, the traveler belonging no more to one place than to the next, moves slowly over periods of years, from one part of the earth to another. Indeed, he would have found it difficult to tell, among the many places he had lived, precisely where it was he had felt most at home."

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Source : Paul Bowles (2011). “The Sheltering Sky”, p.6, Harper Collins

Paul Bowles

#Moving Quotes #Home Quotes #Years Quotes

“I feel like 'embattled' or 'disgraced' will always follow my name. It's like that black football player who recently came out,”

Source : "Paula Deen "I'm Fighting to Get My Name Back". Interview with Michelle Tauber, people.com. March 10, 2014.
“Movement is a fantastic privilege but it ultimately only has meaning if you have a home to go back to.”
“Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.”
“The essence of science is that it is always willing to abandon a given idea for a better one; the essence of theology is that it holds its truths to be eternal and immutable.”
“I love that moment, when you stop struggling to stay awake and your eyelids shut sink down and you slip effortlessly into another realm that’s beckoning to you.”

Source : Rachel Klein (2012). “The Moth Diaries”, Faber & Faber
“Anything's possible. I am the proof.”
“Sexy is kind of like an aura around someone.”
“Actually, if I don't eat healthy food I don't feel good. For me, I crave healthy food.”

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