A Quote by Charles Simic
Insomnia is an all-night travel agency with posters advertising faraway places.
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People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.
I live in Santa Fe, New Mexico. And I travel a tremendous amount. I'm in New York and California a lot, but then also I like faraway places a lot.
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In London it had seemed impossible to travel without the proper evening clothes. One could see an invitation arriving for an Embassy ball or something. But on the other side of Europe with the first faint tinges of faraway places becoming apparent and exciting, to say nothing of vanishing roads and extra weight, Embassy balls held less significance.
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