“You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.”
Ella Maillart“When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes.”
Ella Maillart“It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better.”
Ella Maillart“One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.”
Ella Maillart“Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.”
Ella Maillart“Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive.”
Ella Maillart“You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.”
Ella Maillart“I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch.”
Ella Maillart“Admirer quelqu'un, s'inspirer de son parcours, c'est avant tout grandir et devenir soi.”
Amandine Roche, Nomade sur la voie d'Ella Maillart