Jan Morris Quotes


Travel, which was once either a necessity or an adventure, has become very largely a commodity, and from all sides we are persuaded into thinking that it is a social requirement, too.


Citations

Morris, Jan. Among the Cities. Oxford University Press, 1985.

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  • Born: October 2, 1926
  • Died: November 20, 2020
  • Nationality: Welsh
  • Profession: Writer

Jan Morris CBE FRSL was a Welsh historian, author and travel writer. She was known particularly for the Pax Britannica trilogy (1968–1978), a history of the British Empire, and for portraits of cities, including Oxford, Venice, Trieste, Hong Kong, and New York City. She published under her birth name, James, until 1972, when she had gender reassignment surgery after transitioning from male to female.