Quotes About Wanderlust

Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlety and where it is a strong and dominant angel, that place, seen once, abides entire in the memory with all its own accidents, its habits, its breath, its name.

I want to migrate, but there's nowhere left to go. If I could only find an unclaimed space.

three people in raincoats losing their tracks in the snow walking as far as the edge and back again with the trees exhausted tapping at the sky

If I find any more baby Bards in the wild, I shall give up traveling," he said at last. "I'm not running a School.

I'll live in another world, then.

Life's best adventures are as close as your nearest bookshelf. Tour Europe with the Count of Monte Cristo. Dance a ball with Mr Darcy. Hunt down bad guys with Stephanie Plum. Amazing things can happen when you read.

I can sleep anywhere. Planes. Trains. Sofa. Lawn chairs. Call it the upside to my life as an army brat. Never having a home means, I guess, that everywhere is your home. There is absolutely no place I'm anxious to return to. But this is different. I'm not trying to fall asleep in someplace new; I'm trying to fall asleep in someplace that's old.

Every day's an adventure when I step out of my door. That's why I usually wear a hat and keep my head low.

I love going to England and discovering new places in the countryside. I love the English weather and the freedom that the place gives.

If I don't travel, if I stay at home for a week, I would go out of my mind. That is just the way I am. I love to be on the move, and I am fortunate that I have friends all over the world.

I never just do nothing. A weekend off? Let's go somewhere. Let's fly somewhere.

I didn't grow up in a house - we moved a lot, and we always lived in apartments. But we looked a lot; we went to open houses almost every weekend. I think that's why I always wanted a house.

The way I see it, the perfect weekend getaway combines three things: seeing new places, eating delicious local food, and combing the local flea market for unique, one-of-a-kind finds.

I like to dream about Portugal, and it's less easy when you are there.

It's part of my DNA as a Portuguese. Like many of my ancestors, there's that need to discover the world - exploration is in my blood.

For 10 years, I gave away my possessions every year and moved on to a new place.

I have this weird tropism for islands. Take me to an island as far from New York as I can possibly go.

I grew up all over the world. My father was in the army and was posted to a new place every two and a half years. I have no geographical roots.

I have been to all continents of the world.

I was a barefoot earth child for a couple of years.

I love checking out new cities when I'm on tour - it's fun and eye-opening. I always look for cute cafes and good shopping.

I believe that in spite of the chains we bind ourselves with, there's a primordial section of the human psyche that is still nomadic and still yearns to roam free.

I read because one of these days I'm going to get out of this town, and I'm going to go everywhere and meet everybody, and I want to be ready

I like to travel and connect.