Quotation by

Gilbert K. Chesterton

The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.

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Travel changes how you see the world so deeply that when you return home, it feels unfamiliar and new. This shift in perspective helps you understand your own country in a fresh way, almost like visiting it for the first time.

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