Ameisenhaufen Quotes & Sayings

Even when I haven't had money, I found money to travel. It's a luxury that's a kind of necessity, I think. — Beth Orton

The internet is a wild land with its own games, languages and gestures through which we are starting to share common feelings. — Ai Weiwei

Nobody makes art for an elite, not if they're a real artist. You try and reach as many people as possible with whatever it is that you make. If a chef is making an omelette, he wants everyone to think that it tastes great because he did it. And if it does, then that's a success because everyone eats it. — Mel Gibson

He was beginning to see her as a locked garden that he could sneak into and sit in for days, tearing the heads off the flowers. — Mary Gaitskill

The last chapter in 'Alice in Worcestershire' is called 'Writing the book'.
I started to write that 'Diary' chapter at the very beginning of the process and followed it through to the end... speaking to the reader.

My decision to do this was because I've often read autobiographies and wondered how the author felt and how it impacted them writing about painful memories that had been locked away in a deep forgotten place.
I wanted to know what was going in their 'present' life while they were writing; about the struggle with sharing their inner secrets and... I'm... inquisitive. (nosy)!

It took me over five years to finish 'Alice in Worcestershire' because sometimes, I was simply too drained to continue. Periodically, I updated the 'Diary' chapter and, thankfully, it's enthusiastically appreciated by readers. — Eskay Teel

The doctrine of thrift for the poor is dumb and cruel, like advising them to try and lift themselves by their bootstraps. — Norman Thomas

I wish I could explain how I feel, but nothing can explain this moment. Not a vase of stars. Not a book. Not a song. Not even a poem. Nothing can explain the moment when the woman you would give your life for sees her daughter for the very first time. — Colleen Hoover

A poet and a doctor. Maybe I could.
This the first thought I have of it. Maybe I could. — Elizabeth Wein

Peking welcomed me with tremendous parades and gun salutes. The people with me are proud of me, proud that our downtrodden country has taken its place among the great nations. And now, people of America, I ask you, why didn't Eisenhower accord me the same respect? — Sukarno