listen: there's a hell of a good universe next door; let's go.
-e.e. cummings

i'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.
-j.d. salinger

a friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
-ralph waldo emerson

do i contradict myself? very well, then, i contradict myself; (i am large--i contain multitudes.)
-walt whitman

always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.
-e.e. cummings

one's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.
-henry miller

why are there trees i never walk under, but large and medodious thoughts descend upon me?
-walt whitman

i imagine that yes is the only living thing.
-e.e. cummings

if you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
-t.s. eliot

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Shia Shia, Bullshia

By sam | Published December 23, 2010

The most often repeated lesson we’ve learned while sailing around the world is that people are extremely nice to travelers. Sure, some of them are hoping you’ll be willing to pay for some of their wares, but even in those cases they seem to also enjoy the simple act of making you smile – even […]

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