Alla Khrystych
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“He was a volatile mixture of confidence and vulnerability. He could deliver extended monologues on professional matters, then promptly stop in his tracks to peer inquisitively into his guest's eyes for signs of boredom or mockery, being intelligent enough to be unable fully to believe in his own claims to significance. He might, in a past life, have been a particularly canny and sharp-tongued royal advisor.”
― The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
― The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

“The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to.”
― The Art of Travel
― The Art of Travel
“We didn't actually overspend our budget. The allocation simply fell short of our expenditure.”
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“Travel agents would be wiser to ask us what we hope to change about our lives rather than simply where we wish to go.”
― A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary
― A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary

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