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“The passion for travelling is, I believe, instinctive in some natures. We have seen men persevere in their enterprises against the most formidable obstacles; and, without means or friends, and even ignorant of the languages of the various countries through which they passed, pursue their perilous journeys into remote places, until, like the knight in the Arabian tale, they succeeded in snatching a memorial from every shrine they visited.”

Source: A Voyage Round the World: Volume I, Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., etc., from 1827 to 1832

“The paradox: there can be no pilgrimage without a destination, but the destination is also not the real point of the endeavor. Not the destination, but the willingness to wander in pursuit characterizes pilgrimage. Willingness: to hear the tales along the way, to make the casual choices of travel, to acquiesce even to boredom. That's pilgrimage -- a mind full of journey.”

Way Mind Real Choices Journey Pursuit Tales Wander Boredom Paradox Destination Willingness Endeavor Casual Pilgrimage

Book:Spillville: A Collaboration

Source: Spillville: A Collaboration

“I feel any time you enter a dream world it's like you're working out things, it's all inside your mind and you're working it out, be it Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, or the kids in Narnia, they go through this weird journey that's not real, and they're going through this journey psychologically. It's that journey of discovery, of getting onself together, that fantasy and fairy tales are so good at. And while some people still look upon them as completely unrealistic, for me they're more real than most things that are perceived as real.”

People World Feels Mind Looks Stills Real Dream Kids Together Fantasy Journey Like You Discovery Work Out Tales Look Up Fairy Working It Fairy Tale Wizards Narnia Dream World

Author:Tim Burton

“Birdscapes moves rather like those swallows, dipping and swerving to pick up all sorts of items of interest. Mynott tells plenty of good birding tales, but these serve mainly to set off trains of reflection. . . . Reading Birdscapes is like going birding with a learned, witty, and somewhat irreverent companion who isn't satisfied just to check things off. . . . [D]elightful to read on a journey or a housebound day, and [opens] fascinating new horizons for anyone who wants to enlarge his or her interest in birds.”

Want Moving Reading Interest Journey Bird Picks Reflection Train Witty Satisfied Checks Tales Plenty Fascinating Companion Horizon Items Irreverent New Horizons

Author:Robert O. Paxton

“If somebody had told me when I was starting composition in Helsinki in the '70s that I would end up in L.A. and to describe that journey, those 17 years with the philharmonic and building the hall and this and that, I would have said, "This is a fairy tale of the first order."”

Ifs Years Firsts Said Ends Order Journey Building Starting Tales Fairy Halls Fairy Tale Composition Helsinki

Author:Esa-Pekka Salonen

“Photography is a great adventure in thinking and looking, a wonderful magic toy that miraculously manages to combine our adult awareness with the fairy-tale world of childhood, a never-ending journey through great and small, through variations and the realm of illusions and appearances, a labyrinthine and specular place of multitudes and simulation.”

“The fairy tale journey may look like an outward trek across plains and mountains, through castles and forests, but the actual movement is inward, into the lands of the soul.”

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Author:Terri Windling

“It's a tale of redemption. It's a tale of a girl who is going on a journey, who makes mistakes as most young people do... the credit card companies love sending you credit cards so you exceed your limit and they can charge you interest. And this is a girl who overcomes her problems and figures a way out of her financial crisis, and hopefully the world will do the same thing.”

“It's very common to say that Star Wars in the late '70s, that was kind of perfect for Cold War culture and the aftermath of Vietnam in the '60s to have an upbeat, hopeful, cartoonish tale of a hero's journey. I think those explanations are easy to offer and almost always wrong.”

Thinking Kind War Culture Stars Easy Perfect Common Journey Cold Hero Offers Late Tales Explanation Hopeful Vietnam Cold War Aftermath Always Wrong Upbeat

Author:Cass Sunstein

“I mentioned before, these [classic Disney films] are classic mythological tales, a hero's journey, and have been told for thousands of years. Disney has updated them, and made them accessible for us.”

Years Has Beens Made Film Journey Hero Tales Classic Disney Film

Author:Roger Ross Williams

“[Fairy tales] are like a journey to the woods and the many ways you can get lost. Some people say it's not a good idea to read fairy tales to anyone under the age of eight because they are brutal and raw. When I was a kid I often felt that kids's books were speaking down to me, but I never felt that way about fairy tales. They are bloody and scary, but so is life.”

People Way Book Ideas Kids Age Lost Felt Journey Scary Woods Eight Tales Fairy Good Ideas Fairy Tale Brutal Bloody

Author:Alice Hoffman

“Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

“The process of writing a novel is like taking a journey by boat. You have to continually set yourself on course. If you get distracted or allow yourself to drift, you will never make it to the destination. It's not like highly defined train tracks or a highway; this is a path that you are creating discovering. The journey is your narrative. Keep to it and there will be a tale told.”

Ifs Writing Courses Process Novel Path Journey Creating Train Track Tales Boat Defined Narrative Destination Discovering Highways Distracted Train Tracks

Book:This Year You Write Your Novel

Source: This Year You Write Your Novel