Maria Semple Quotes

There's A Phenomenon I Call The Helpless Traveler. If You're Traveling With Someone Who's Confident, Organized, And Decisive You Become The Helpless Traveler: "Are We There Yet?" "My Bags Are Too Heavy." "My Feet Are Getting Blisters." "This Isn't What I Ordered." We've All Been That Person. But If The Person You're Traveling With Is Helpless, Then You Become The One Able To Decipher Train Schedules, Spend Five Hours Walking On Marble Museum Floors Without Complaint, Order Fearlessly From Foreign Menus, And Haggle With Crooked Cabdrivers. Every Person Has It In Him To Be Either The Competent Traveler Or The Helpless Traveler. Because Joe Is So Clearheaded And Sharp, I've Been Able To Go Through Life As The Helpless Traveler. Which, Now That I Think About It, Might Not Be Such A Good Thing. It's A Question For Joe. His

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