Quotes by Travel Writers

...it was just a version of Rimbaud in Harar: the exile, a selfish beast with modest fantasies of power, secretly enjoying a life of beer drinking and scribbling and occasional mythomania in a nice climate where there were no interruptions, such as unwelcome letters or faxes or cell phones. It was an eccentric ideal, life lived off the map.¨

Paul Theroux

At my lowest point, when things were at their most desperate and uncomfortable, I always found myself in the company of Australians, who were like a reminder that I'd touched bottom.

Paul Theroux

You can't control the past, but you can control where you go next.

Kirsten Hubbard

I've come to realize that sometimes, what you love most is what you have to fight the hardest to keep.

Kirsten Hubbard