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20 Quotes To Inspire Your Sense Of Wanderlust

Wanderlust (n): A strong desire or urge to wander or travel and explore the world.

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20 Quotes To Inspire Your Sense Of Wanderlust
For the Love of Wanderlust

Although nearly everyone enjoys traveling, some people, like me, are filled with an incurable sense of wanderlust; traveling is in our blood. We seek adventures and yearn to discover new places. To us, there is nothing better than throwing some things in a bag, getting into the car, and driving to new places. This 20 quotes help feed my sense of wanderlust, and hopefully they spark a feeling wanderlust in you.


1. “Not all who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

2. "One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things." – Henry Miller

3. “We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” – Anonymous

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5. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

6. "For my part, I travel no to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sack. The great affair is to move." Robert Louis Stevenson

7. “Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.” – Anatole France

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9. “To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” – Bill Bryson

10. “Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.” – Ray Bradbury

11. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine

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13. “We must take adventures in order to know where we truly belong.” – Anonymous

14. “Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.” – Anatole France

15. “It’s a funny thing coming home. Nothing changes. Everything looks the same, feels the same, even smells the same. You realize what’s changed is you.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

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17. “The true fruit of travel is perhaps the feeling of being nearly everywhere at home.” – Freya Stark

18. “You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.” – Ella Maillart

19.“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” – Anthony Bourdain

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