SW #108

Reisen – es macht dich zuerst sprachlos und verwandelt dich dann in einen Geschichten-Erzähler.

Ibn Batuta

SW #93

Greeting me sternly, [Lloyd George] remarked that complaints of me were reaching him from Jews and Arabs alike. I answered that this was all too probable, imagining for a moment from his tone that he was leading up to my resignation. “Well”, he said as we sat down, “If either side stops complaining, you’ll be dismissed.

Sir Ronald Storr, britischer Gouverneur von Jerusalem in den 1920er Jahren