“I fell in love with football as I was later to fall in love with women: suddenly, inexplicably, uncritically, giving no thought to the pain or disruption it would bring with it.”
– Nick Hornby
Fever pitch
The favorite trip
“When asked what my favorite trip was, I used to think it was the most recent, the one still the most vivid in my memory.
But now, I realize it is my next one.”
– Patricia Schultz
Don’t let them kill us
“Is there a time for keeping your distance
A time to turn your eyes away
Is there a time for keeping your head down
For getting on with your day”
– U2, Miss Sarajevo
Sarajevo, love of mine
“Wherever I turn, I dream of you
All roads lead me to you
I wait with some longing for your lights
Sarajevo love of mine”
– Kemal Monteno
Jesus te ama
“O Senhor é o meu pastor;
nada me faltará.”
– Psalm 23:1.
Driving through São Paulo
“Although São Paulo is definitely a city in which cars rule,
you’ll have to possess vast amounts of patience
(and a certain degree of insanity)
to consider renting a car here.”
– Michael Sommers
The New Colossus
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”
– Emma Lazarus
Puro, Chile
“Puro, Chile, es tu cielo azulado,
puras brisas te cruzan también;
y tu campo de flores bordado
es la copia feliz del Edén.”
– National anthem
Pont St. Bénézet
“Sur le pont d’Avignon,
L’on y danse, l’on y danse,
Sur le pont d’Avignon
L’on y danse tous en rond.
Les beaux messieurs font comme ça
Et puis encore comme ça.
Sur le pont d’Avignon
L’on y danse tous en rond.”
– French folk song