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Independent
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That's because true travel, the kind with no predetermined end, is one of the most selfish endeavors we can possibly undertake-an act in which we focus solely on our own fulfillment, with little regard to those we leave behind. After all, we're the ones venturing out into the big crazy world, filling up journals, growing like weeds. And we have the gall to think they're just sitting at home, soaking in security and stability.
It is only when we reopen these wrapped and ribboned boxes, upon our t
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― Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana
― Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana
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No matter how she comported herself - at all times she seems to have been as deft with her image as her person - she broke every rule in the book. A queen at home, she was courtesan out of her country. And she was something more dangerous still: a courtesan with means. Cleopatra was not merely economically independent, but richer than any man in Rome.
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― Cleopatra: A Life
― Cleopatra: A Life
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