Quotes about Geography

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As any distance we take from things give us an outside perspective, so does taking a geographical distance—offering us a — lauren klarfeld
I mean that certain fictions, chiefly Conan Doyle, Stevenson, but many others also, laid out a template that was more po — Iain Sinclair, White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings
Geography is destiny. — Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone
Nothing kills creativity faster than a wall. — Eric Weiner, The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley
There’s a voice that says: "So what?"It’s not my voice, it’s probably not yours, but it makes itself heard in the arenas — David Quammen, The Song Of The Dodo: Island Biogeography In An Age Of Extinctions
let us start by picturing the Japan archipelago lying in the sea by the Chinese mainland. If its proximity allowed it to — Minae Mizumura, The Fall of Language in the Age of English
The topography of literature, the fact in fiction,is one of my pleasures -- I mean, where the living road enters the pag — Paul Theroux, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
It is the relationship between the physical environment and the environed organism, between physiography and ontography — William Morris Davis
I’m learning geography is about lossand so I keep moving — Paul Guest, My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge
Do you understand the sadness of geography? — Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
Man was first a hunter, and an artist: his early vestiges tell us that alone. But he must always have dreamed, and recog — Guy Davenport, The Geography of the Imagination: Forty Essays
Since he had given up men he had taken up geography. He visited a new sight or a new neighborhood nearly every weekend. — Caleb Crain, Necessary Errors
Science rock: The pursuit of science, lead us to the beautiful places of the world. — Lailah Gifty Akita
The South Pacific is not a paradise, in the sense that Eden wasn't either. There are always apples and snakes. But it is — James A. Michener, Return to Paradise
The ancient paused for a moment, as if his strength were failing. Yet I sensed that there was more to tell. Looking deep — Tahir Shah, Beyond The Devil's Teeth
This happened back east of course. I've heard that term a lot since coming to this part of the country. But I never thin — Don DeLillo, Underworld
I have indeed lived and worked to my taste either in art or science. What more could a man desire? Knowledge has always — Léon Camille Marius Croizat
To lovers of adventure and novelty, Africa displays a most ample field. — James Rennell
And the geography of the thing--the geography of them--was completely and hopelessly wrong. — Jennifer E. Smith, The Geography of You and Me
It was Stevenson, I think, who most notably that there are some places that simply demand a story should be told of them — Mark Valentine, Best New Horror 21