Travel Writing Quotes

Expectation is the dirtiest word in a traveler's vocabulary. — John Early

Traveling is my priority, because it drives the writing, so I teach around the travel, and sometimes the travel is the teaching. — Pam Houston

a good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving" Taoist dictum quoted by Sam Miller — Sam Miller

Fear not your flame as you flood your caverns with firelight. — Gina Greenlee

Experiment with grounding yourself with who you are, not what you do. — Gina Greenlee

I knew I could always earn money from a job. What I didn't know was could I extend the dream of writing beyond my trip? — Gina Greenlee

Four great adventures; read, learn, write and travel. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Everything you need to know to enjoy your trip to Italy is in my Conversational Italian for Travelers books! — Kathryn Occhipinti

You have to know where you are going to reach your destination. — Lailah Gifty Akita

No matter how many strikes are hurled at you, only you decide when you're out. — Gina Greenlee

Every traveler should make their own observation. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Writing is a miracle. You can travel anywhere in the world, to any time and any place - and still be home in time to have dinner. — Mary Pope Osborne

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

The whole world is like an opened candy jar, and we're plunging in for the best treats — Vicki Alayne Bradley

There is of course a deep spiritual need which the pilgrimage seems to satisfy, particularly for those hardy enough to tackle the journey on foot. — Edwin Mullins

Take a great adventure to a place, learn the rich history and make your own observation about the place. — Lailah Gifty Akita

After all, one travels in order for things to happen and change; otherwise you might as well stay at home. — Nicolas Bouvier

It is far easier to travel than to write about it. — David Livingstone

A dog...is a bond between strangers. — John Steinbeck

I wanted to be a singer. I wanted to be a musician. I wanted to travel and write songs and be a good songwriter. It came to me slowly after college. — Brett Dennen

On every travel, we saw beautiful landscapes. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Human inertia induces us to believe that our lives will never change unless we relocate. — Kilroy J. Oldster

Blood-coloured bottlebrush trees and scarlet hibiscus looked too bright for this devastated world. — Jane Wilson-Howarth

Sometimes it is just about taking the first step, only then can greatness find us. — Colleen Mariotti

At chaos' core lies the invitation. — Gina Greenlee

Tout les jours you are coming some fresh game or other on me, mais vous ne pouvez pas play this savon dodge on me twice! — Mark Twain

An unlimited supply of wonder and trust, bolsters life lived as a process of discovery. — Gina Greenlee

The research. It is always the best part of writing. And, of course, it is the great excuse to travel. — Michael Scott

My life on earth is personal journey. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We all have a book in us. The first step is recognising this. Writing it is a whole new journey. — Kathryn Joyce

When you take the right stairs you will arrive at the precise destination. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Increase the number of adventures you act on and you'll lighten the weight of regret. — Gina Greenlee

A challenge that tested Tom to his limit but in return gave him more than he could ever have imagined. — Bear Grylls

Nothing is lost in a stumble, only in the refusal to get up. — Gina Greenlee

It feels like flying and landing to all the continents of the world with the use of my imaginary paper that can floats in the air. — Alexina Benavidez

One does not travel, any more than one falls in love, to collect material. It is simply part of one's life ... — Evelyn Waugh

You have to taste a culture to understand it. — Deborah Cater

Venice, it's temples and palaces did seem like fabrics of enchantment piled to heaven. — Percy Bysshe Shelley

As long as you're breathing, it's never too late to reconnect with a long-held love. — Gina Greenlee

Learning voyage, the greatest adventure. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I have travel to the places I have been because, I had a vivid imagination of the places. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If you've broken any promises you've made to yourself, now is the time to make up for it. — Gina Greenlee

I love to talk with children. I try to visit schools but it's hard for me to travel when I'm trying to write. Some authors are able to do both. — Judy Blume

Our lives follow the stories we tell ourselves. — Gina Greenlee

Till your inner garden and your outer landscape will flourish — Gina Greenlee

Great places, great memories. — Lailah Gifty Akita

New insights from being present are a gift. — Gina Greenlee

Almost astride the Equator, night fell like a portcullis. The sun dropped below the horizon and suddenly all was dark. — Tim Butcher

Come with me to the mountains. Every rock there tells a story. — Avijeet Das

Travel is a state of mind. It has nothing to do with existence or the exotic. It is almost always an inner experience. — Paul Theroux

I really like to travel when I write. Something about seeing new things and being in new cultures and environments provokes new thoughts in your head. — Josh Radnor

Like flowers blooming through cement,
we, too, can grow beyond our cracks. — Gina Greenlee

My preferred pastimes are conversation, reading, travel and writing, in that order. — Truman Capote

I feel better off doing what I know how to do. I feel a strong element of fictional style in travel writing anyway. Some call it creative nonfiction. — John Gimlette

As a travel writer I've specialized in gritty, fearful destinations, the kind of places that make a reader's hair stick on end. — Tahir Shah

Be courageous: be still. — Gina Greenlee

Keep moving. Your next big thing may be just around the corner. — Gina Greenlee

Writing is an affair of yearning for great voyages and hauling on frayed ropes. — Israel Shenker

May you find a new path in your travel. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Somehow, we were passing the boundaries of language and finding clarity in shared thought, even if we were just talking about beer! — Gerry Abbey

If you write about a place, you need to be right about the place! — Laurence Bradbury

Your past experiences will flavour your future ones, that is human nature. — Deborah Cater

One does have to learn to travel with a degree of humility and that reflected in writing and personality. — John Gimlette

A Nepali outlook, pace and philosophy had prevented us being swamped by our problems. In Nepal it was easier to take life day by day. — Jane Wilson-Howarth

Sometimes we have to break down to break through. — Gina Greenlee

Foolish acts and bold adventures almost always appear, especially in the beginning, to be the absolute same thing. — Leigh Ann Henion

The adventures of a lifetime begin with "Yes. — Gina Greenlee

Whether by plane, bus or carpet,
own the magic in your ride. — Gina Greenlee

This is a divine path. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Stay open. You may find your tribe where you least expect it. — Gina Greenlee

He regarded himself as an accomplished writer - a clear sign of madness in anyone. — Paul Theroux

Look beyond now.The road ahead offers a good voyage. — Lailah Gifty Akita

That is what War is, I thought: two ships pass each other, and nobody waves his hand. — Christopher Isherwood

The first step in becoming a global citizen is stripping away the preconceptions of how things should be in order to see things for what they are. — Colleen Mariotti

Those who walk the talk get the work. — Gina Greenlee

You may follow the footsteps
The whole day will pass
With you going around in circles
Yet not reaching anywhere at last! — Avijeet Das

Every Englishman abroad, until it is proved to the contrary, likes to consider himself a traveller and not a tourist. — Evelyn Waugh

If you want it badly enough, it's yours. — Gina Greenlee

The River Mogami has drowned
Far and deep
Beneath its surging waves
The flaming sun of summer — Matsuo Basho

too young to live, too old to die — Jeffrey Rasley

A letter allows us to travel through time. — Fennel Hudson

Sicily is paradise. I live in paradise. Now pass the pasta please. — Alfred Zappala

Traveling can never be taken for granted, no matter how meticulous the preparations. — Eugene Linden

Keep taking new paths to expand your horizon. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Will I ever see the mountains or am I doomed to roam the flatlands? — Jessica-Lynn Barbour

One need not be a rabid Anglican to be extremely sensible to the charm of an English country church ... — Henry James

The treasured vistas of our solo journeys are not always about the landscape. — Gina Greenlee

I was becoming addicted to Bombay. There was squalor and poverty, but I had begun to realise my good fortune and would never again forget it. — Tahir Shah

There were signs everywhere but none that I could read or even hope to decipher. These multi-lined symbols unhinged my familiar world. — Gerry Abbey

Practice trust in small matters for huge returns in the large ones. — Gina Greenlee

If "Been there, done that" isn't your mantra,then make haste down your "bucket list. — Gina Greenlee

Diving in IS testing the water. — Gina Greenlee

Every body has a unique path to travel. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Being a maverick traveller, one would like to place oneself in the place of a local; just listen without judgement. — Mary Jane Walker

Read. Learn. Write. Travel. — Lailah Gifty Akita

When you focus on the journey, you will be blessed with guardian angels to direct your path. — Lailah Gifty Akita

With my pen I have engraved warrants of citizenship in the most remote corners, for truly the world has been my home. — James A. Michener

The alchemy of diamonds from the rough
is to mine every moment. — Gina Greenlee

Endings are the embryos of new beginnings. — Gina Greenlee

You'd be surprised who will back down when you speak up. — Gina Greenlee