Love

July 17, 2016

Finding the Extraordinary + QOTW

“People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.” -Dagobert D. Runes. I have a bitter tendency to demonize the familiar by claiming that there is nothing here for me. Once I’m out in the world, life will truly begin. There’s no beauty here, because it’s too close…
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July 12, 2016

QOTW + Why Travel = Love

“If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.” -Cesare Pavese. Traveling — really traveling — is daunting. It should scare you just enough to leave your fingers trembling against your plane ticket, just enough to leave you entirely unaware of what lies ahead, just enough…
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June 4, 2016

Let Travel Change You

It was my first international flight alone. I rubbed my sweaty palms against my jeans. The flight attendant called my group, and as I watched my parents disappear behind strange faces and gray partitions, a flutter of elation and nerves rattled through my stomach at the freedom of being suddenly alone. I took my seat and peered…
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