For what gives value to travel is fear. It breaks down a kind of inner…

Albert Camus
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For what gives value to travel is fear. It breaks down a kind of inner structure we have. Travel robs us of such refuge. Far from our own people, our own language, stripped of all our props, deprived of our masks (one doesn't know the fare on the streetcars, or anything else), we are completely on the surface of ourselves. ✨ Lyrical and Critical Essays.
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