"The sight of the world put mad ideas into me; as if I could wander away, wander forever, see strange and beautiful things, one after the other.” ~ CS Lewis"
(via backpackforever)
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"Go be that starving artist you’re afraid to be. Open up that journal and get poetic finally. Volunteer. Suck it up and travel. You were not born here to work and pay taxes. You were put here to be part of a vast organism to explore and create. Stop putting it off. The world has much more to offer than what’s on 15 televisions at TGI Fridays. Take pictures. Scare people. Shake up the scene. Be the change you want to see in the world. You’ll thank yourself for it."
(via livefortravel)
"Travel makes you grow. Today’s travelers observe how others live. They start accepting then appreciating, then liking, and finally understanding the ways of others. They learn to be more tolerant of alien ways—that is the most important contribution of travel."
Eugene Fodor (via longlivejava)
"It’s hard to deny that the act of living in another country, in another language, fundamentally changes you. Different parts of your personality sort of float to the top, and you take on qualities, mannerisms, and opinions that define the new people around you. And there’s nothing wrong with that; it’s often part of the reason you left in the first place. You wanted to evolve, to change something, to put yourself in an uncomfortable new situation that would force you to into a new phase of your life."
Chelsea Fagan, “What Happens When You Live Abroad” (via livefortravel)
