--- title: "23 Railway Track Quotes by 22 authors" description: "Browse 23 Railway Track quotes by 22 authors. Discover the best Railway Track sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/dinah-sheridan-35512_children_over-my-desk-hangs-a-poster-from-the-rai_2741791.png" --- > [Over my desk hangs a poster from The Railway Children that my husband had framed for me. It is so lovely to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dinah-sheridan/over-my-desk-hangs-a-poster-from-the-railway-children-that-my-husband/) [Dinah Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dinah-sheridan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/dinah-sheridan-35512_children_over-my-desk-hangs-a-poster-from-the-rai_2741791.png) > [I think I'm a narcoleptic. I could sleep on a railway track with a train running over me, in-between the rails.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-aykroyd/i-think-i-m-a-narcoleptic-i-could-sleep-on-a-railway-track-with-a/) [Dan Aykroyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-aykroyd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ed/dan-aykroyd-10070_could_i-think-i-m-a-narcoleptic-i-could-sleep_2762296.jpg) > [I always scout locations first. The apartments, the railway tracks, the café, the canal - I figure out the geography of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-denis/i-always-scout-locations-first-the-apartments-the-railway-tracks-the/) [Claire Denis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-denis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/134/claire-denis-8648_apartment_i-always-scout-locations-first-the-apart_478078.jpg) > [My debut performance was on the railway tracks where I was asked to sing some Hindi songs in front of a mafia…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kumar-sanu/my-debut-performance-was-on-the-railway-tracks-where-i-was-asked-to/) [Kumar Sanu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kumar-sanu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bd/kumar-sanu-6129_fear_my-debut-performance-was-on-the-railway_1117350.jpg) > [My older brothers would scour the railway tracks for lumps of fallen coal to keep us warm and we'd sleep, top to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shakin-stevens/my-older-brothers-would-scour-the-railway-tracks-for-lumps-of-fallen/) [Shakin' Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shakin-stevens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12a/shakin-stevens-9532_love_my-older-brothers-would-scour-the-railwa_1933256.jpg) > [I grew up in a haunting postindustrial landscape where prehistoric ferns grew among tens of railway tracks surmounted by brilliant arc lights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-morton/i-grew-up-in-a-haunting-postindustrial-landscape-where-prehistoric/) [Timothy Morton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-morton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f68/timothy-morton-4240_day_i-grew-up-in-a-haunting-postindustrial-l_415040.png) > [“Even her powders and face paint couldn't disguise the age lines and gripe lines that ran as deep as the railway tracks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-yolen/even-her-powders-and-face-paint-couldn-t-disguise-the-age-lines-and/) [Jane Yolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-yolen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31c/jane-yolen-7302_railway-track_even-her-powders-and-face-paint-couldn-t_1881887.jpg) > [My life from the railway track to Mount Everest has been one of struggle. Bachendri Pal and Tata Steel believed in me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arunima-sinha/my-life-from-the-railway-track-to-mount-everest-has-been-one-of/) [Arunima Sinha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arunima-sinha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4a/arunima-sinha-15705_everest_my-life-from-the-railway-track-to-mount_2912721.jpg) > [“He woke early the next morning. It was still cool, but he opened the window and, leaning on the ledge, looked down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-thomson/he-woke-early-the-next-morning-it-was-still-cool-but-he-opened-the/) [Rupert Thomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-thomson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9e/rupert-thomson-21283_calm-water_he-woke-early-the-next-morning-it-was-st_476448.jpg) > [We must play music quietly, talk quietly, weep in private, because I am the all-powerful Zahir, who lays down the rules and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/we-must-play-music-quietly-talk-quietly-weep-in-private-because-i-am/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/paulo-coelho-10_best-way_we-must-play-music-quietly-talk-quietly_136642.jpg) > [“This land does not belong to you. It belongs to that ancient shepherd whose ghost is standing next to you, though you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmina-khadra/this-land-does-not-belong-to-you-it-belongs-to-that-ancient-shepherd/) [Yasmina Khadra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmina-khadra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/yasmina-khadra-8341_land_this-land-does-not-belong-to-you-it-belo_514601.jpg) > [“The tapestry of my life was a ruin of unravelling threads. The brightest parts were a nonsensical madman's weaving. And now every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-hall/the-tapestry-of-my-life-was-a-ruin-of-unravelling-threads-the/) [Alexis Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-hall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2c/alexis-hall-3236_bipolar_the-tapestry-of-my-life-was-a-ruin-of-un_1201807.jpg) > [“One of the biggest misconceptions remains that Neil Gaiman spent his youth lurching from bedsit to library and back again, subsisting on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonella-gambotto-burke/one-of-the-biggest-misconceptions-remains-that-neil-gaiman-spent-his/) [Antonella Gambotto-Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonella-gambotto-burke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/071/antonella-gambotto-burke-14296_baked-beans_one-of-the-biggest-misconceptions-remain_1882978.jpg) > [As a child, I loved being outdoors. Our house had a railway track going past it. Of course, Mum told us not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadiya-hussain/as-a-child-i-loved-being-outdoors-our-house-had-a-railway-track-going/) [Nadiya Hussain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadiya-hussain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/nadiya-hussain-11204_amazing_as-a-child-i-loved-being-outdoors-our-ho_918692.jpg) > [“He had a book to finish. Ten-thousand words. The other ninety thousand had been difficult. This last tenth seemed impossible. His plot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-kilworth/he-had-a-book-to-finish-ten-thousand-words-the-other-ninety-thousand/) [Garry Kilworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-kilworth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0d/garry-kilworth-68010_books_he-had-a-book-to-finish-ten-thousand-wor_2351947.jpg) > [While I was doing this reportage, I discovered a man who had one arm and one leg. He'd been run over by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-nachtwey/while-i-was-doing-this-reportage-i-discovered-a-man-who-had-one-arm/) [James Nachtwey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-nachtwey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/643/james-nachtwey-12788_children_while-i-was-doing-this-reportage-i-disco_749077.jpg) > [“GEOLOGY, n. The science of the earth's crust --to which, doubtless, will be added that of its interior whenever a man shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ambrose-bierce/geology-n-the-science-of-the-earth-s-crust-to-which-doubtless-will-be/) [Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ambrose-bierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1e/ambrose-bierce-140_garbage_geology-n-the-science-of-the-earth-s-cru_917663.jpg) > [“During the night two delegates of the railwaymen were arrested. The strikers immediately demanded their release, and as this was not conceded,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosa-luxemburg/during-the-night-two-delegates-of-the-railwaymen-were-arrested-the/) [Rosa Luxemburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosa-luxemburg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfb/rosa-luxemburg-8744_strikers_during-the-night-two-delegates-of-the-ra_2428669.jpg) > [I began to do documentary photographs of poverty which is very widespread in Indonesia. There's terrible poverty. These are people who have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-nachtwey/i-began-to-do-documentary-photographs-of-poverty-which-is-very/) [James Nachtwey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-nachtwey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5b/james-nachtwey-12788_better-life_i-began-to-do-documentary-photographs-of_808577.jpg) > [“I was drawing near to the curve of the track; already the twelve hooves of those dead horses were visible in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bohumil-hrabal/i-was-drawing-near-to-the-curve-of-the-track-already-the-twelve/) [Bohumil Hrabal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bohumil-hrabal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/825/bohumil-hrabal-15672_dead-horse_i-was-drawing-near-to-the-curve-of-the-t_2923542.jpg) > [“There's a faulty signal on this line, about halfway through my journey. I assume it must be faulty, in any case, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-hawkins/there-s-a-faulty-signal-on-this-line-about-halfway-through-my-journey/) [Paula Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-hawkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c4/paula-hawkins-9343_fitness_there-s-a-faulty-signal-on-this-line-abo_1681262.jpg) > [“I thought about suicide all the time, but it seemed toomuch effort, swallowing all those pills or jumping off things. If I'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helena-dela/i-thought-about-suicide-all-the-time-but-it-seemed-toomuch-effort/) [Helena Dela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helena-dela/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/987/helena-dela-99289_death_i-thought-about-suicide-all-the-time-but_2517429.jpg) > [I dislike the word 'victim.' I dislike being told that I 'lost' my husband - as if I had idly abandoned you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-bawden/i-dislike-the-word-victim-i-dislike-being-told-that-i-lost-my-husband/) [Nina Bawden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-bawden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/359/nina-bawden-20102_abandoned_i-dislike-the-word-victim-i-dislike-bein_1412572.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/railway-track/#itemlist", "name": "Railway Track Quotes", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Over my desk hangs a poster from The Railway Children that my husband had framed for me. 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It belongs to that ancient shepherd whose ghost is standing next to you, though you refuse to see it. Since you do not know how to share, take your vineyards and your bridges, your paved roads and your railway tracks, your cities and your gardens and give back what remains to its rightful owners\".”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yasmina Khadra" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmina-khadra/this-land-does-not-belong-to-you-it-belongs-to-that-ancient-shepherd/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/yasmina-khadra-8341_land_this-land-does-not-belong-to-you-it-belo_514601.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/yasmina-khadra-8341_land_this-land-does-not-belong-to-you-it-belo_514601.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/yasmina-khadra-8341_land_this-land-does-not-belong-to-you-it-belo_514601.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This land does not belong to you. 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If there had been some way of contacting them, a date-with-death line, I would have called them to set up a meeting. The current ways of death seemed too haphazard; it was all left up to chance. Had Chance come up, tapped me on the shoulder, said \"Oi, you - long black tunnel, white light, off you go,\" I wouldn't have complained. 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