"I like trains. I like their rhythm, and I like the freedom of being suspended between two places, all anxieties of purpose taken care of: for this moment I know where I am going."

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Source : Anna Funder (2011). “Stasiland: Stories From Behind The Berlin Wall”, p.285, Granta Books

Anna Funder

#Taken Quotes #Two Quotes #Worry Quotes

“The Christian's life should put his minister's sermon in print.”
“The dark night of the soul is when you have lost the flavor of life but have not yet gained the fullness of divinity. So it is that we must weather that dark time, the period of transformation when what is familiar has been taken away and the new richness is not yet ours.”
“You can't run game on a rapper. I'm always 10 steps ahead of you.”
“There's no substitute for hard work and effort beyond the call of duty. That is what strengthens the soul and ennobles one's character.”
“If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride”
“I would never accept a role that wasn't going to stretch me or challenge me in some way. I'd say Holy Smoke! probably did that more than anything I'd ever done. It took me to places I didn't actually know I could go to, and that's what I want my career to be all about.”
“I built websites for myself. I didn't want to work for anyone else. I came from a science background, so I approached things fairly analytically.”
“If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask!”

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