Isabelle Eberhardt

But the vagrant owns the whole vast earth that ends only at the nonexistent horizon, and his empire is an intangible one, for his domination and enjoyment of it are things of the spirit.

Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere.

For those who know the value of and exquisite taste of solitary freedom (for one is only free when alone), the act of leaving is the bravest and most beautiful of all.

I am not afraid of death, but would not want to die in some obscure or pointless way.

One must never look for happiness: one meets it by the way.

Death does not frighten me but dying obscurely and above all uselessly does.