


“Thanksgiving dinner’s sad and thankless.
Christmas dinner’s dark and blue.
When you stop and try to see it
From the turkey’s point of view.”
Shel Silverstein
So I’ll just be thankful that I am not a turkey.
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“But now, for the first time, I see you are a man like me. I thought of your hand-grenades, of your bayonet, of your rifle; now I see your wife and your face and our fellowship. Forgive me, comrade. We always see it too late. Why do they never tell us that you are poor devils like us, that your mothers are just as anxious as ours, and that we have the same fear of death, and the same dying and the same agony–Forgive me, comrade; how could you be my enemy.”
Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front

“Aber du warst mir vorher nur ein Gedanke, eine Kombination, die in meinem Gehirn lebte und einen Entschluß hervorrief – diese Kombination habe ich erstochen. Ich habe gedacht an deine Handgranaten, an dein Bajonett und deine Waffen – jetzt sehe ich deine Frau und dein Gesicht und das Gemeinsame. Vergib mir, Kamerad! Wir sehen es immer zu spät. Warum sagt man uns nicht immer wieder, daß ihr ebenso arme Hunde seid wie wir, daß eure Mütter sich ebenso ängstigen wie unsere und daß wir die gleiche Furch vor dem Tode haben und das gleiche Sterben und den gleichen Schmerz -. Vergib mir, Kamerad, wie konntest du mein Feind sein.”
Erich Maria Remarque, Im Westen nichts Neues
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I go away and come again each day,
But thou shalt go away and ne’er return.
(Anonymous. Found on sun dial in England.)

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
J.R.R.R. Tolkien
Linked to Travel with Intent. For more photos inspired by the Tolkien quote, click here.

“If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space.”
Stephen Hunt
This is linked to Travel with Intent. For more photos inspired by Stephen Hunt‘s quote, click here.

“My favourite thing is to go where I’ve never been.”
Diane Arbus

For Travel with Intent‘s quotation challenge. More posts inspired by this quote can be found here.

“Do you know what Picasso said when he looked at my drawings in 1939? ‘You’re crazy, Brassai. You have a gold mine and you spend your time exploiting a salt mine!’ The salt mine was – naturally – photography!
– Brassaï
Debbie picked the quotation and more photos inspired by it can be found here.

“Green is the prime colour of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.”
– Pedro Calderon de la Barca
It is said that the favourite colour of the prophet Mohammad was green. Considering that he lived in a desert country, I can totally relate. How lovely to find green shoots in the sand after a short shower!
However, I wonder if he would approve of the neon coloured trimmings one finds on the outside of many mosques in Saudi Arabia.
The mosque shown here is found in Germany, though, and I admit I tweaked the green tint a bit to make my point.
For more photos inspired by the Calderon de la Barca quote, click here.