Traveling Alone Quotes

If the traveller can find A virtuous and wise companion Let him go with him joyfully And overcome the dangers of the way. But if you cannot find Friend or master to go with you, Travel on alone.

If the traveler cannot find master or friend to go with him, let him travel alone rather than with a fool for company.

[Responding to repeated questions about traveling in Africa without a husband:] I am looking for him.

I've fallen in love with Los Angeles, and I love to explore it myself.

Whereas for me, touring tends to be a very strange and isolating experience.

The road is a nasty place and lonely.

There's something grand and revolutionary still about [women] traveling alone. There are some parts of the world where you can't.

If you travel alone, you can probably go faster. But the journey will never be as rewarding, and you probably won't be able to go as far.

When I came to New York it was the first time I'd ever taken a plane, the first time I'd ever gotten a taxi-cab, the first time for everything. And I came here with 35 dollars in my pocket. It was the bravest thing I'd ever done.

Don't be scared to walk alone. Don't be scared to like it.

When I was hitch-hiking, people had to follow me, 'cause I didn't stay long.

I've grown tired of traveling alone, won't you ride with me?

The road is a lonely place, and that sounds like a cliche, you know, like what is my life?

I'm still good for hitting the road. I'll be doing that a fair bit.

Travel is in sad case. It is uncomfortable, it is expensive; it is a source of annoyance to our friends, and of loneliness to ourselves.

One of the pleasantest things in the world is going on a journey; but I like to go by myself.

Now hollow fires burn out to black, And lights are guttering low: Square your shoulders, lift your pack And leave your friends and go.

I just like being on my own on trains, traveling. I spent all my pocket money travelling the London Underground and Southern Railway, what used to be the Western region, and in Europe as much as I could afford it. My parents used to think I was going places, but I wasn't, I was just travelling the trains.

Traveling alone offers the chance to test the limits of what you think you know about yourself.

I'd been going to the Louvre since 1951. I thought I knew Paris and the French, but I didn't really. You know how easy it is to make friends when you are traveling. People are curious about you, you are curious about them. But you never really make friends that way. After the Louvre, I discovered that I have friends now because I have enemies.

The moment I escaped to China, I didn't have any money; I only had one address in my hand of some long-distance Chinese relatives. I didn't know China was that big. I thought I can find their home very easily, and I would come back one week later. But then I found out the address was a 10-hour drive away.

Mostly you meet friends when traveling by accident, like by sitting next to them on the train, or in a restaurant, or in a holding cell.

Exploring is one of my favorite things to do, but I don't really want to be in a tour group. I like doing it alone or with whomever I'm traveling with.

Anyone who has read my books will know that I don't tend to use guides when I am travelling. It's not a pride thing, but it is certainly a fact.