"travel isn’t always pretty. it isn’t always comfortable. sometimes it
hurts, it even breaks your heart. but that’s okay. the journey changes
you; it should change you. it leaves marks on your memory, on your
consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. you take something with
you. hopefully, you leave something good behind." anthony bourdain
"und denk daran, nie bist du irgendwo nicht in einem namen, nicht in einer gegend mit einem namen, nicht auf einem berg mit einem namen, in einem ort mit einem namen – stets hältst du dich in irgendeinem wort auf, das sich andere – nie gesehen, längst vergessen – ausgedacht, irgendwann zum erstenmal aufgeschrieben haben. wir befinden uns immer in wörtern." cees nooteboom. der umweg nach santiago
"sadness gives depth. happiness gives height. sadness gives roots. happiness gives branches. happiness is like a tree going into the sky,
and sadness is like the roots going down into the womb of the earth. both are needed, and the higher a tree goes, the deeper it goes,
simultaneously. the bigger the tree, the bigger will be its roots. in
fact, it is always in proportion. that’s its balance." osho
"you know that point in your life when you realize that the house you
grew up in isn’t really your home anymore…all of a sudden even though
you have some place to put your shit, that idea of home is gone…or maybe
it's like this rite of passage…you will never have that feeling again
until you create a new idea of home for yourself, for your kids, for the
family you start. it’s like a cycle or something. maybe that’s all
family really is: a group of people that miss the same imaginary place." garden state.
"wir sind immer in geschichten. geschichten in geschichten in geschichten. man weiß nie, wo eine endet und eine andere beginnt! in wahrheit fließen alle ineinander. nur in büchern sind sie säuberlich getrennt." daniel kehlmann
"the one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. so write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can." neil gaiman
"fall has always been my favorite season. the time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale." lauren destefano
"I’m not sure what I’ll do, but— well, I want to go places and see people. I want my mind to grow. I want to live where things happen on a big scale." f. scott fitzgerald