Carolina QuotesBut I'm different now than i was then. Just like I was different at the end of the trip than I'd been at the beginning. And I'll be different tomorrow than I am today. And what that means is that I can never replicate that trip. Even if I went to the same places and met the same people, it wouldn't be the same. My experience wouldn't be the same. To me, that's what traveling should be about. Meeting people, learning to not only appreciate a different culture, but really enjoy it like a local, following whatever impulse strikes you.
Nicholas Sparks Carolinian
Source
Travis Parker, Chapter 8, p. 102-103
- work
- The Choice (2007)
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- 2007
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- p. 102-103
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