What gives value to travel is fear. It is a fact that, at a certain mo…

Albert Camus
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What gives value to travel is fear. It is a fact that, at a certain moment, when we are so far from our own country, we are seized by a vague fear and an instinctive desire to go back to the protection of old habits. I look upon it more as an occasion for testing. ✨ Albert Camus (1963). Carnets: 1935-1942
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