Jodi Picoult Quotes

A good traveller is one who does not know where he is going to, and a perfect traveller does not know where he came from.

I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it.

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

I'm an explorer.

It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray.

You can only maintain your interest if you're travelling more in ignorance than knowledge.

I do like not knowing where I'm going, wandering in strange woods, whistling and following bread crumbs.

Adventure is allowing the unexpected to happen to you. Exploration is experiencing what you have not experienced before. How can there be any adventure, any exploration, if you let somebody else - above all, a travel bureau - arrange everything before-hand?

Like all explorers, we are drawn to discover what's out there without knowing yet if we have the courage to face it.

My direction? Anywhere. Because one is always nearer by not keeping still.

Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going.

You travel with the hope that something unexpected will happen. It has to do with enjoying being lost and figuring it out and the satisfaction. I always get a little disappointed when I know too well where I'm going, or when I've lived in a place so long that there's no chance I could possibly get lost.

I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where.

Hitchhiking was such a pure form of existence. You'd wake up in the morning, and you'd have no idea what your day was going to be. And that's something I've never been able to shake. I loved that.

I love the unknown. I love the discovery of what will be happening and just kind of sitting back and not knowing.

I never know where I am going, though. That is part of what makes it so wonderful. And after all, who does?

Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

Every place but that in which one is born is equally strange and wondrous. Once beyond the bounds of the city walls, and none knows what may happen. We have stepped forth into the Land of Faerie, but at least we are in the open air.

When I start any book, I have no idea what I'm going to do.

Life's supposed to be an adventure, a surprise!

My new toy is not knowing, because it's very creative. I'm the guy who likes to get in the car and get lost.

I really love going places without a map.

I don't know exactly where my life will lead. Adventure and the unknown has always been appealing to me.

I like going into places that you never know what you're going to find because you can go in with no ideas and leave with thousands.