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Jan Morris quotes: Australia is a country not so much of fulfillment as of theatrical expectation.

Australia is a country not so much of fulfillment as of theatrical expectation.

Jan Morris quotes: Now nearly all the mysteries have gone, and there is scarcely an unknown country left to peer at.)

Now nearly all the mysteries have gone, and there is scarcely an unknown country left to peer at.)

Jan Morris quotes: The personality of St. John's, Newfoundland, hits you like a smack in the face with a dried cod, enthusiastically administered by its citizenry.

The personality of St. John's, Newfoundland, hits you like a smack in the face with a dried cod, enthusiastically administered by its citizenry.

Jan Morris quotes: Shaggy existentialists in frayed sandals, dilettantes by the score, spies by the portfolio.

Shaggy existentialists in frayed sandals, dilettantes by the score, spies by the portfolio.

Jan Morris quotes: Its smallness is not petty; on the contrary, it is profound.

Its smallness is not petty; on the contrary, it is profound.

Jan Morris quotes: Book lovers will understand me,and they will know too that part of the pleasureof a library lies in its very existence.

Book lovers will understand me,
and they will know too that part of the pleasure
of a library lies in its very existence.

Jan Morris quotes: The genius of Canada remains essentially a deflationary genius.

The genius of Canada remains essentially a deflationary genius.

Jan Morris quotes: Kashmir has always been more than a mere place. It has the quality of an experience, or a state of mind, or perhaps an ideal.

Kashmir has always been more than a mere place. It has the quality of an experience, or a state of mind, or perhaps an ideal.

Jan Morris quotes: To the stern student of affairs, Beirut is a phenomenon, beguiling perhaps, but quite, quite impossible.

To the stern student of affairs, Beirut is a phenomenon, beguiling perhaps, but quite, quite impossible.

Jan Morris quotes: If I was an aspirant litterateur, I was also an aspirant anarchist. I have disliked Authority always, though sometimes seduced by its resplendence.

If I was an aspirant litterateur, I was also an aspirant anarchist. I have disliked Authority always, though sometimes seduced by its resplendence.

Jan Morris quotes: As to sex, the original pleasure, I cannot recommend too highly the advantages of androgyny.

As to sex, the original pleasure, I cannot recommend too highly the advantages of androgyny.

Jan Morris quotes: I resist the idea that travel writing has got to be factual.

I resist the idea that travel writing has got to be factual.

Jan Morris quotes: Indians love to reduce the prosaic to the mystic.

Indians love to reduce the prosaic to the mystic.

Jan Morris quotes: Dublin was an English city, one of the loveliest. The most Irish thing about it was the shifting drab flow of the poor people

Dublin was an English city, one of the loveliest. The most Irish thing about it was the shifting drab flow of the poor people

Jan Morris quotes: This was my introduction to mountaineering, and clumsy indeed were my movements as we moved off.

This was my introduction to mountaineering, and clumsy indeed were my movements as we moved off.

Jan Morris quotes: I half cherish the hope that the end of history will be Swissness.

I half cherish the hope that the end of history will be Swissness.

Jan Morris quotes: Leningrad ... is a city with the gift of timelessness.

Leningrad ... is a city with the gift of timelessness.

Jan Morris quotes: A scent of jasmine and a rasp of sand.

A scent of jasmine and a rasp of sand.