# Quote — Nicholas Sparks, The Choice

> "But I'm different now than i was then. Just like I was different at the end of the trip than I'd been at the beginning. And I'll be different tomorrow than I am today. And what that means is that I can never replicate that trip. Even if I went to the same places and met the same people, it wouldn't be the same. My experience wouldn't be the same. To me, that's what traveling should be about. Meeting people, learning to not only appreciate a different culture, but really enjoy it like a local, following whatever impulse strikes you."

- Author: [Nicholas Sparks](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nicholas-sparks.md)
- Book: [The Choice](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nicholas-sparks/the-choice.md)
- Page: 102
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/nicholas-sparks/the-choice/but-im-different

## More from this book

> No pretenses, no attempts to impress, no one trying to show anyone up.

p. 12 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nicholas-sparks/the-choice/no-pretenses-no-attempts.md)

> That was one of the great things about being single: A person could pretty much do what he wanted, whenever he wanted, and introspection was only an option.

p. 54 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nicholas-sparks/the-choice/that-was-one.md)

> "Traveling has less to do with seeing things than experiencing them...."

p. 101 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nicholas-sparks/the-choice/traveling-has-less.md)