“We were glad, however, to get within reach of information…”

“Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get---people,storms, guardian angels, or sheep....”

“Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.”

“There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties”

“So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything.”

“I was awakened by a tremendous earthquake, and though I hadn ever before enjoyed a storm of this sort, the strange thrilling motion could not be mistaken, and I ran out of my cabin, both glad and frightened, shouting, "A noble earthquake! A noble earthquake" feeling sure I was going to learn something.”

“The world's big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.”