“A fine genius in his own country, is like gold in the mine.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“He was violating the second rule of the two rules for getting on well with people that speak Spanish; give the men tobacco and leave the women alone.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“Where should we go? I don’t care. Anywhere you want. Anywhere we don’t know people.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“Possibly that feature of aviation which may appeal most to thoughtful women is its potentiality for peace. The term is not merely an airy phrase. Isolation breeds distrust and differences of outlook. Anything which tends to annihilate distance destroys isolation, and brings the world and its peoples closer together. I think aviation has a chance to increase intimacy, understanding, and far-flung friendships thus.”
— Amelia Earhart Primary source“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“Life is a journey, not a destination.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Disputed“To be rich is to have a ticket of admission to the masterworks and chief men of each race. It is to have the sea, by voyaging; to visit the mountains, Niagara, the Nile, the desert, Rome, Paris, Constantinople; to see galleries, libraries, arsenals, manufactories.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary sourceLove Alone Paris Spain Tobacco