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Singapore Dream and Other Adventures: Travel Writings from an Asian Journey QUOTES

Singapore Dream and Other Adventures: Travel Writings from an Asian Journey QUOTES

1 " Having a home is good, Sweet is sleep under the home roof By the children, the garden, the dog. But oh, Hardly back from the last journey The far-away tempts you yet again. Homesickness is better, To be alone under the stars with your longing. Rest and ease you can only own When the heart beats easy. But the wanderer bears the brunt of travel. His expectations are always disappointed. Yet the wanderer’s troubles are easier Than peace at home. Only the wise man finds happiness Amid home’s joys and cares. I would rather seek without ever finding Than be tucked and warm and tied to nearness, For in the country of happiness while on this earth, I can never be an owner, only a guest. "

― Hermann Hesse , Singapore Dream and Other Adventures: Travel Writings from an Asian Journey

2 " Everywhere were the Chinese, the secret masters of the East; "

― Hermann Hesse , Singapore Dream and Other Adventures: Travel Writings from an Asian Journey