“Your future is always more valuable than today, the sooner you realise that the better” — Steve Douglas Copy Share Image
For some Chicago expats, food is the medicine that blunts the pain of separation. — Mary Schmich Copy Share Image
“I was supposed to stay for 3 months. But I think I always knew I would stay a little longer, despite the… — Vicki Lesage Copy Share Image
'The Expats' is a thriller, but one that tends more toward general fiction than toward breathless pulp. — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
“Random acts of kindness show that even amidst the hustle and bustle, Paris inhabitants are more welcoming that their reputation gives them… — Vicki Lesage Copy Share Image
“The white façades of the villas and apartment houses were like blocks of time that had crystallised beside the road.” — J.G. Ballard Copy Share Image
Immigration, a lexicon. You're a 'migrant' when you're very poor; 'immigrant' when you're not so poor; and 'expat' when you're rich. — Laila Lalami Copy Share Image
“Expats of any country are quick to lose their sense of humour, beaten down by a lifetime of defending the land they… — Bill Carter Copy Share Image
For me making friends with locals is hard, mostly because my lack of Vietnamese language skills and being retired I have limited… — Doug Rice Copy Share Image
There is that potential of the expats coming back to the Philippines. But sadly they are no opportunities, no incentive for them… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
“September 14, 2001 What killed me, what killed many of us, was the very end: "My home sweet home." Because, whatever else… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
I worked in the book publishing business for nearly two decades before I turned my attention to writing, first with a couple… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
“It’s that moment about two months in, when you think you’ve finally got a handle on the place. Suddenly it feels within… — Lily King Copy Share Image
“He was just one of those people ... one of a thousand expats who'd dragged their unhappiness to the other side of… — Jon Courtenay Grimwood Copy Share Image
Hemingway is a baby when he turns up in Paris, but he's an ambitious baby. And he has the talent. And he's… — Lesley M. M. Blume Copy Share Image
Expats are a self-selecting group of outgoing, confident people - if you're not those things, you probably don't choose this adventure -… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
“The loneliness of the arab is a terrible thing; it is all consuming. It is already present like a little shadow under… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
“A funny thing about living abroad is that what might separate us expats back home brought us closer together in China. We'd… — Megan Rich Copy Share Image
“After a year or two, the long term expats won’t see the beggars the same way. After a year or two, the… — Craig Hodges Copy Share Image
“Now you're being sentimental, Marija. You shouldn't waste your pity on machines! If you want to pity someone, pity the poor guestworker… — Chris Beckett Copy Share Image
“...most seamen lead, if one may so express it, a sedentary life. Their minds are of the stay-at-home order… In the immutability… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“When you grow up in middle America you are inculcated from the earliest age with the belief - no, the understanding -… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“People wonder why so many writers come to live in Paris. I’ve been living ten years in Paris and the answer seems… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
