" Silence is a true friend who never betrays. "

— Confucius

" Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life. "

— Michael Palin

" The best way out is always through. "

— Robert Frost

" The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out his nose. "

— Garrison Keillor

" Impossible is for the unwilling. "

— John Keats

" Rays from the sunrise drew forth the buds and stretched them into long stalks, lifted up sap in noiseless streams, opened petals, and sucked out scents in invisible jets and breathings. "

— Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy