Books
With spring break just around the corner, it’s about time to pack up your suitcase and head off on an adventure. If you’re anything like me, half the fun of traveling is curating your Instagram. I adore editing my photos and pairing them with beautiful words. I like to find a caption that captures the spirit of the photo and what I was thinking about as I took it. And, as a reader, I frequently use quotes from books along with my Instagram posts. When I use a line from literature in context of my photos, I find it lends a new perspective to both the quote and the photo.
Of course, travel is a major theme in books. Literature is filled with quests and adventures aplenty, and there’s no better travel agent than your local library. All you have to do is open a book, and there is always a journey waiting for you. Literature in itself is inherently a way to travel. And with both, you’re constantly making discoveries about yourself and your inner world.
Whether you’re headed for the beach, or your off to trek across a new country, you’re going to want to be sure to document your trip the right way so that your memories can last forever:
― Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux
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— Mary Oliver, "That Summer Day"
― Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies
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― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
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― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
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― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
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― Jack Kerouac, On the Road
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― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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― Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust: A History of Walking
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― Antonio Machado, Campos de Castilla
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― Nora Ephron
― Anaïs Nin
― Dr. Seuss, Oh the Places You’ll Go!
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― Kate Chopin, The Awakening
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― Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death
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― Marcel Proust, Remembrance of Things Past
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― Isabel Allende, Portrait in Sepia
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― T.S. Eliot, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
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― Che Guevera, The Motorcycle Diaries
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― Rita Dove, On the Bus With Rosa Parks
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― Sharon Creech, The Wanderer
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