5 quotes found
“Berlin is all about volatility. Its identity is based not on stability but on change.”
“The process of communication with the afterlife - more of an exchange than a conversation - has always fascinated me.”
“To me, it remains incomprehensible that a people who can design the Porsche 911 and sleek, white ice trains, who created the Bauhaus and speak at least three languages at birth, want to own twee Ch...”
“The earliest maps were 'story' maps. Cartographers were artists who mingled knowledge with supposition, memory and fears. Their maps described both landscape and the events, which had taken place w...”
“The travel book is a convenient metaphor for life, with its optimistic beginning or departure, its determined striving, and its reflective conclusion. Journeys change travellers just as a good trav...”