I have found a dream of beauty at which one might look all one's life and sigh.

- Isabella Bird

Everybody seized upon a bit of the beast. The Sultan claimed the liver, which, when dried and powdered, is worth twice its weight in gold as medicine.

- Isabella Bird

Japan offers as much novelty perhaps as an excursion to another planet.

- Isabella Bird

[On Malaysia:] Mr. Darwin says so truly that a visit to the tropics (and such tropics) is like a visit to a new planet. This new wonder-world, so enc…

- Isabella Bird

Surely one advantage of traveling is that, while it removes much prejudice against foreigners and their customs, it intensifies tenfold one's appreci…

- Isabella Bird

Americans specially love superlatives. The phrases 'biggest in the world,' 'finest in the world,' are on all lips.

- Isabella Bird

The 'almighty dollar' is the true divinity, and its worship is universal.

- Isabella Bird

I have just dropped into the very place I have been seeking, but in everything it exceeds all my dreams.

- Isabella Bird