While the tourist usually hurried back home at the end of a few weeks or months, the traveler, belonging no more to one place than the rest, moves slowly, over periods of years, from one part of the Earth to another.

Paul Theroux

While the tourist usually hurried back home at the end of a few weeks or months, the traveler, belonging no more to one place than the rest, moves slowly, over periods of years, from one part of the Earth to another. - Paul Theroux
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