“What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you...” — Barbara Kingsolver Quote

“What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and the fact that you know how to drive.”

“Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.”

“Fiction and essays can create empathy for the theoretical stranger.”

“Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life.”

“I was trained in classical piano, but it kind of dawned on me that classical pianists compete for six job openings a year, and the rest of us get to play 'Blue Moon' in a hotel lobby.”

“For me, writing time has always been precious, something I wait for and am eager for and make the best use of. That's probably why I get up so early and have writing time in the quiet dawn hours, when no one needs me.”

“I like to do some research and learn about the destination before I travel there. I read up on its history, culture and food, which is most important. Being informed makes the travel so much better.”

“I always wanted to go to Tokyo. Even when I was a kid, it was one destination I always wanted to go to.”

“War is the only destination to which Washington can lead.”

“All roads indeed lead to Rome, but theirs also is a more mystical destination, some bourne of which no traveller knows the name, some city, they all seem to hint, even more eternal.”

“London has become one of the great world destinations for someone who likes food.”

“The destination I want to visit again is Manali. My earlier trip to the place was nice.”