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“The traveler from Europe edges into it like a tiny Jonah entering an inconceivably large whale, slipping past the straits of Belle Isle into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where five Canadian provinces surround him, for the most part invisible... to enter Canada is a matter of being silently swallowed by an alien continent.”

Matter Past Five Travel Europe Edges Tiny Invisible Aliens Canada Surround Continents Traveler Entering Whales Provinces Slipping Jonah Isle Belle

Book:The Stubborn Structure: Essays on Criticism and Society

Source: The Stubborn Structure: Essays on Criticism and Society

“I knew I couldn't live in America and I wasn't ready to move to Europe so I moved to an island off the coast of America - New York City .”

America Moving Cities New York Ready Travel Europe Moved Islands New York City Coast

Author:Spalding Gray

“Traveling in Europe made me understand that America has an island mentality: No one exists except us. There's a whole other world out there, but most Americans - all they know is America, the marketing plan.”

Knows World Made Whole America Plans Travel Europe Marketing Islands Mentality Other Worlds Marketing Plans

Author:will.i.am

“...I think the Americans are the only people who have good beds. I consider the American bedroom unparalleled for freshness, comfort, and cleanliness. It is worth going all over Europe in order to come home to one's own bed.”

People Thinking Home Order Comfort Bed Travel Europe Coming Home Bedroom Cleanliness Freshness

Author:M. E. W. Sherwood

“We of the third sphere are unable to look at Europe or at Asia as they may survey each other. Wherever we go, across Pacific or Atlantic, we meet, not similarity so much as 'the bizarre.' Things astonish us, when we travel, that surprise nobody else.”

Looks May Travel Europe Thirds Surprise Spheres Asia Bizarre Similarity Pacific Surveys

Author:Mary Ritter Beard

“My real journey had very little to do with traveling Europe, and a whole lot to do with traveling my own mind.”

Mind Littles Real Whole My Own Journey Travel Europe

Book:Life's Companion: Journal Writing as a Spiritual Quest

Source: Life's Companion: Journal Writing as a Spiritual Quest

“I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself.”

“My sisters and I were fortunate to travel through Asia and Europe at very young ages. We confronted extraordinary beauty in Athens and unspeakable poverty in India.”

Age Young Poverty Travel Europe India Extraordinary Fortunate My Sister Funny Travel Asia Young Age Unspeakable Athens Extraordinary Beauty

Author:Mary Chapin Carpenter

“I travel Europe every couple of weeks. I just came back from London, Holland and Denmark. Every nation on this planet has its issues with race, and I am not sure if everyone has figured out how to deal with it.”

Ifs Nations Deals Race Issues Week Planets Couple Travel Europe London Not Sure Funny Travel Holland Denmark

Author:Montel Williams

“Then I was lucky I met with my future husband, and I started new life with my husband, and I was happy again. He was a musician. I start to travel with him through Europe also and around the former Soviet Union.”

Mets Lucky Husband Travel Musician Europe Unions Former My Husband Soviet Funny Travel New Life Soviet Union My Future Happy Again Future Husband My Future Husband

Author:Olga Korbut