Category Archives: Quotography

Quotation ♦ Zitieren

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Siri: “Do you really know what a quote is?” Selma: “A tattoo on the lips.” Siri: “Weißt du, was ein Zitat ist?” Selma: „Klar doch, eine Tätowierung der Lippen.“ When I read Rebecca’s celebration of quotes on her marvellous blog ChasingArt I felt the urge to contradict playing the advocatus diaboli. I am surrounded by …

Unser Ruhepol

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“Amundsen hat den Südpol entdeckt. Peary meint, den Nordpol entdeckt zu haben. Und wir sind die offiziellen Entdecker des Ruhepols”. Dina, Klausbernd, Siri und Selma A rural oasis of tranquillity between salt meadows and the sea makes Cley nex the Sea a place of peacefulness. A calm anchor in life and a good spot to …

On Languages

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How good is your English? Na, wie steht`s mit eurem Englisch? “Good English, well spoken and well written, will open more doors than a college degree. Bad English will slam doors you didn’t even know existed.“ Gutes Englisch in Sprache und Schrift öffnet mehr Türen als ein College-Abschluss. Schlechtes Englisch verschließt einem Türen, von denen man …

Waiting

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“For a while” is a phrase whose length can’t be measured. At least by the person who’s waiting.” – Haruki Murakami, “South of the border, West of the Sun”

Dogs – a Paradise

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“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring–it was peace.”   Milan Kundera a Klausbernd Vollmar with a dog by the 500 year old Sessile Oak, …