We must play music quietly, talk quietly, weep in private, because I am the all-powerful Zahir, who lays down the rules and… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I grew up in a haunting postindustrial landscape where prehistoric ferns grew among tens of railway tracks surmounted by brilliant arc lights… — Timothy Morton Copy Share Image
“He woke early the next morning. It was still cool, but he opened the window and, leaning on the ledge, looked down… — Rupert Thomson Copy Share Image
I always scout locations first. The apartments, the railway tracks, the café, the canal - I figure out the geography of the… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
“This land does not belong to you. It belongs to that ancient shepherd whose ghost is standing next to you, though you… — Yasmina Khadra Copy Share Image
While I was doing this reportage, I discovered a man who had one arm and one leg. He'd been run over by… — James Nachtwey Copy Share Image
I began to do documentary photographs of poverty which is very widespread in Indonesia. There's terrible poverty. These are people who have… — James Nachtwey Copy Share Image
“GEOLOGY, n. The science of the earth's crust --to which, doubtless, will be added that of its interior whenever a man shall… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
As a child, I loved being outdoors. Our house had a railway track going past it. Of course, Mum told us not… — Nadiya Hussain Copy Share Image
My debut performance was on the railway tracks where I was asked to sing some Hindi songs in front of a mafia… — Kumar Sanu Copy Share Image
“The tapestry of my life was a ruin of unravelling threads. The brightest parts were a nonsensical madman's weaving. And now every… — Alexis Hall Copy Share Image
I dislike the word 'victim.' I dislike being told that I 'lost' my husband - as if I had idly abandoned you… — Nina Bawden Copy Share Image
“There's a faulty signal on this line, about halfway through my journey. I assume it must be faulty, in any case, because… — Paula Hawkins Copy Share Image
“Even her powders and face paint couldn't disguise the age lines and gripe lines that ran as deep as the railway tracks… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
“One of the biggest misconceptions remains that Neil Gaiman spent his youth lurching from bedsit to library and back again, subsisting on… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
My older brothers would scour the railway tracks for lumps of fallen coal to keep us warm and we'd sleep, top to… — Shakin' Stevens Copy Share Image
“He had a book to finish. Ten-thousand words. The other ninety thousand had been difficult. This last tenth seemed impossible. His plot… — Garry Kilworth Copy Share Image
“During the night two delegates of the railwaymen were arrested. The strikers immediately demanded their release, and as this was not conceded,… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
“I thought about suicide all the time, but it seemed toomuch effort, swallowing all those pills or jumping off things. If I'd… — Helena Dela Copy Share Image
Over my desk hangs a poster from The Railway Children that my husband had framed for me. It is so lovely to… — Dinah Sheridan Copy Share Image
I think I'm a narcoleptic. I could sleep on a railway track with a train running over me, in-between the rails. — Dan Aykroyd Copy Share Image
My life from the railway track to Mount Everest has been one of struggle. Bachendri Pal and Tata Steel believed in me… — Arunima Sinha Copy Share Image
“I was drawing near to the curve of the track; already the twelve hooves of those dead horses were visible in the… — Bohumil Hrabal Copy Share Image
