Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of Habit, the leaden weight of Routine, the cloak of many Cares and the slavery of Civilization, man feels once more happy.
Every place is a goldmine. You have only to give yourself time, sit in a teahouse watching the passers-by, stand in a corner of the market, go for a haircut. You pick up a thread _ a word, a meeting, a friend of a friend of someone you have just met _ and soon the most insipid, most insignificant place becomes a mirror of the world, a window on life, a theatre of humanity.
A Fortune-Teller Told Me: Earthbound Travels in the Far East
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Every place is a goldmine. You have only to give yourself time, sit in a teahouse watching the passers-by, stand in a corner of the market, go for a haircut. You pick up a thread _ a word, a meeting, a friend of a friend of someone you have just met _ and soon the most insipid, most insignificant place becomes a mirror of the world, a window on life, a theatre of humanity.
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