The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
— Marcel Proust, quoted in A General Theory of Love (via notquitelocal)
To be away from home and yet to feel oneself everywhere at home; to see the world, to be at the centre of the world, and yet to remain hidden from the world—impartial natures which the tongue can but clumsily define. The spectator is a prince who everywhere rejoices in his incognito.
— Charles Baudelaire, The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays
