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Quotes About Place

was there in the hut, together with her cloak and habit. And hidden! And she taken away from that place
~ Ellis Peters
As to the action which is about to begin, it takes place in Poland – that is to say, nowhere
~ Alfred Jarry
so many names in this place not many of us left living on the last we can find can you hear this
~ Alice Oswald
more of a sojourn. A sojourn is a "temporary stay at a place."4 And a "stay" is about presence, not productivity.
~ Alicia Britt Chole
If the spirit of a place has anything to do with what a poet makes, then it must be the intensity of light (two f-stops brighter than New York) and the extreme geography that so infuse the mind in Provincetown and make one more reflective. With all that jazzed-up light, the excitement of photons bounding off water and sand, even the ordinary air says, Notice me. … the function of art is to wake us up to the very life we are living.
~ Alison Hawthorne Deming
Bowman turned his back on her and began to search the place methodically and exhaustively. When one searches any place, be it a gypsy caravan or a baronial mansion, methodically and exhaustively, one has to wreck it completely in the process.So, in a orderly and systematic fashion, Bowman set about reducing Czerda's caravan to a total ruin.
~ Alistair MacLean
Ok," he says. "First lesson." Noah broadens his stance, taking his place firmly on the embassy side of the threshold. "in the United States," he says. Then, with both feet, he leaps on to the sidewalk. "Out of the United States." Quickly, he jumps back toward me. "In the United States." Another jump across the threshold. "Out of the United States. In. Out. In --" "Is this the part where I hit you?
~ Ally Carter
Well, Rachel, the standards in this place must be dropping. I go to sleep and they start letting just anyone in here," Mr. Solomon said
~ Ally Carter
Did you know there's a place under the stairs in the East Wing that's full of spiders that died during the Nixon administration? Do you think that's true? I don't think that's true," she said without really waiting for Charlie to answer. "I could ask Dad," Maddie went on. "But he didn't work here then. At least I don't think he worked here then. I mean, I know he's old. Like, really, really old. But is he that old?
~ Ally Carter
Home. That wonderful place I was lucky enough to revisit no matter how short a time finally realizing it's not relegated to just one single place its wherever you make it.
~ Alyson Noel
we need to find every single jewel lost from Poseidon's trident, so Atlantis can rise to the surface and take her place in the world.
~ Alyssa Day
To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, is more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons.
~ Marilyn French
When you spend a lot of time, like I do, just standing around and waiting, or being moved from place to place, every minute gets consumed by something someone else has set up for you. And it's not like I'm always in a beautiful place wearing something gorgeous.
~ Scarlett Johansson
Bengaluru is a beautiful place with a great weather and I am looking forward to seeing more of the city during my next trip.
~ Kumar Sanu
Winterfell is atop of this huge mountain in Northern Ireland, and you can see all these weather fronts coming in. Basically, the sky circles the mountain. It's the most beautiful place.
~ Kristian Nairn
I'm very happy in the U.K.; I love it here. Even the weather - I'm from a place where it rains almost as much.
~ Ana Patricia Botin
That's a lot of words about the weather, but in Canberra you can't help but be aware of the seasons, and there is something wonderful about that. Okay, so there's a distinct lack of beach, but aside from that, the place grows on you.
~ Judy Horacek
I think the weather here is a big attraction for anyone. But also, there are more creative people per square mile in L.A. than anywhere in the world. They make 'The Simpsons' here. Anywhere they make 'The Simpsons' is a good place to be.
~ James Corden
There's a lot of information that has been in peoples' heads and hasn't gotten onto the Internet. Even as the Web has gotten really big, there's just been this gap. So we made Quora as a general place for people to share knowledge of all kinds.
~ Adam D'Angelo
I can imagine Iceland becoming a good place to run a controversial Web site. But... Iceland may find itself forced to defend controversial speech.
~ Ethan Zuckerman
It's a destination wedding, I can't reveal the place - but for sure it's not in Mumbai.
~ Madalsa Sharma
Respect and consistency, as hard work during the week is the only way to earn your place.
~ Gennaro Gattuso
When I traveled professionally in Europe, I would inevitably spend a weekend at the Hotel Costes around the corner from the Place Vendome in Paris.
~ Amor Towles
I have found my perfect place on earth in Poland, in Luslawice, near Krakow.
~ Krzysztof Penderecki