Never to go on trips with anyone you do not love.
“A fine genius in his own country, is like gold in the mine.”
“You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.”
“To be rich is to have a ticket of admission to the masterworks and chief men of each race. It is to have the sea, by voyaging; to visit the mountains, Niagara, the Nile, the desert, Rome, Paris, Constantinople; to see galleries, libraries, arsenals, manufactories.”
Ian Fleming records his impressions of fourteen international cities, focusing on their people, nightlife, food, culture, crime, and distinctive atmosphere.