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“Do you think it's so snobbish, to want to see something besides one's fellow citizens abroad?”

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American novelist known for his profound depiction of middle-class life in the United States. His notable works include 'Babbitt' and 'Main Street'. more

“On a morning from a Bogart movie, in a country where they turn back time. You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre, contemplating a crime. She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running like a watercolor in the rain. Don't bother asking for explanations, she'll just tell you that she came in the year of the cat.”

Years Country Running Turns Morning Sun Crime Travel Rain Cat Asking Dresses Crowds Bother Explanation Peter Contemplating Silk Strolling Watercolors Bogart Turn Back Time

Author:Al Stewart

“Goodbye to my friends at home, goodbye to people I've trusted. I've got to go out and make my way, I might get rich, you know I might get busted. But my heart keeps calling me backwards, as I get on the 707. Ridin' high, I got tears in my eyes, you know you got to go through hell before you get to heaven. Big ol' jet airliner, don't carry me too far away. Big ol' jet airliner, 'cause it's here that I've got to stay.”

People Knows Way Heart Home Bigs Might Eye Heaven Causes Hell Rich Tears My Heart Calling Travel My Friends My Way Goodbye Far Away Trusted Backwards Jet Get Rich Busted Tears In My Eyes

Author:Steve Miller

“Viva Las Vegas with your neon flashin' and your one arm bandits crashin' all those hopes down the drain. Viva Las Vegas turnin' day into nighttime, turnin night into daytime. If you see it once, you'll never be the same again.”

Ifs Night Arms Travel Vegas Las Vegas Drains Daytime Nighttime Neon Bandits Viva

Book:Elvis Presley

Source: Elvis Presley

“So that's why you've got to try, you got to breath and have some fun. Though I'm not paid, I play this game, and I won't stop until I'm done. But what I really want to know is - Are you gonna go my way?”

Knows Way Want Trying Done Play Games Fun Travel Paid Breaths My Way

Author:Lenny Kravitz

“Hey Lord, would ya look out for her tonight, and make sure that all her dreams are sweet? Said now, would ya guide her on the roads, and make them softer for her feet? Hey Lord, would ya look out for her tonight, and make sure that she's gonna be alright, until she's home and here with me.”

Looks Said Home Dream Lord Feet Sweet Travel Guides Hey Tonight Alright

Author:Billy Joel

“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.”

Forget Poverty Becoming Travel Fortune Realising Forget It Good Fortune Bombay Squalor

Author:Tahir Shah

“Travel at its truest is thus an ironic experience.”

Travel Ironic Truest

Author:Paul Fussell

“Heaven's my destination.”

Heaven Travel Destination

Book:Heaven's My Destination

Source: Heaven's My Destination

“I left my heart in San Francisco, high on a hill, it calls to me. To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars, the morning fog may chill the air, I don't care. My love waits there in San Francisco, above the blue and windy sea, when I come home to you, San Francisco , your golden sun will shine for me.”

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