Read quote“But that was another time. Almost another country.”
About Place
The meanings, attachments, and identities associated with physical locations and environments.
The collection
Words on Place
Read quote“But I still speak German with a Lancashire accent.”
Read quote“Glasgow Celtic was the greatest name in football to me.”
Read quote“Ja, wij gaan naar Tokio.”
Read quote““I love Taiwan. I have always respected press freedom.””
Read quote“To an active and contemplative mind, a new country is an inexhaustible source of curiosity and speculation.”
Read quote“アフリカは「人生のもう半分」を教えてくれたところです。”
Read quote“With this one I knew I was right where I belong.”
Read quote“What I have, this place gave me, I will fight on till the last day.”
Read quote“There are people the sea doesn’t suit, they prefer the mountains or the plain. Personally, I feel no worse there than anywhere else.”
Read quote“We are strangers in this land [of India].”
Read quote“For me, philosophy was first and foremost the discovery of what it means to be a philosopher in Latin America.”
Read quote“One broad historical generalization stands out clearly and convincingly, of which all histories of world culture will do well to take note, viz. the central position of India in the Orient world.”
Read quote“In Dunedin they accept I am a painter and leave me to go about my work.”
Read quote“Haiti is my country.”
Read quote“J’y ai passé mes plus beaux jours.”
Read quote“This is my land — shift me if you dare.”
Read quote“I wanted to rep my neighbourhood, rep my country.”
Read quote“My heart and my Delhi may both be in ruins; there are still some delights in this ravaged home.”
Read quote“About an hour this side of Albany is the center of the World – I own it.”
