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• I never liked Jules Verne, believing that the real was always more fantastic than the fantastical.

  Bruce Chatwin

  Real, Believe, Fantastic

  Bruce Chatwin (1997). “Anatomy of Restlessness: Selected Writings 1969-1989”, p.13, Penguin

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• Richard Lee calculated that a Bushman child will be carried a distance of 4,900 miles before he begins to walk on his own. Since, during this rhythmic phase, he will be forever naming the contents of his territory, it is impossible he will not become a poet.

  Bruce Chatwin

  Children, Distance, Forever

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• Sluggish and sedentary peoples, such as the Ancient Egyptians-- with their concept of an afterlife journey through the Field of Reeds-- project on to the next world the journeys they failed to make in this one.

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  Travel, Journey, Afterlife

  Bruce Chatwin (2012). “The Songlines”, p.228, Random House

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• The word story is intended to alert the reader to the fact that, however closely the narrative may fit the facts, the fictional process has been at work.

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  Writing, Stories, May

  Bruce Chatwin (1997). “Anatomy of Restlessness: Selected Writings 1969-1989”, p.132, Penguin

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• A journey is a fragment of Hell.

  Bruce Chatwin

  Journey, Hell, Fragments

  Bruce Chatwin (2012). “The Songlines”, p.19, Random House

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• And the formation of man is the most pressing problem facing humanity.

  Bruce Chatwin

  Men, Humanity, Problem

  Bruce Chatwin (1990). “What Am I Doing Here?”, p.91, Penguin

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• 'I will go to France, to Yugoslavia, to China, and continue my profession.' 'As sanitary engineer?' 'No, Monsieur. As adventurer. I will see all the peoples and all the countries of the world.'

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  Country, Travel, Yugoslavia

  "Anatomy of Restlessness: Selected Writings 1969-1989".

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• The usual run of children's books left me cold, and at the age of six I decided to write a book of my own. I managed the first line, 'I am a swallow.' Then I looked up and asked, 'How do you spell telephone wires?

  Bruce Chatwin

  Running, Children, Book

  Bruce Chatwin (1997). “Anatomy of Restlessness: Selected Writings 1969-1989”, p.11, Penguin

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• I learned about Chinese ceramics and African sculptures, I aired my scanty knowledge of the French Impressionists, and I prospered.

  Bruce Chatwin

  Chinese, Ceramics, Sculpture

  Bruce Chatwin (1997). “Anatomy of Restlessness: Selected Writings 1969-1989”, p.14, Penguin

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