197 Quotes About Foreign

I am an international kind of guy.

A block of blood should not have the word "cake" after it...they might as well say "shite gateau

We can ruin our enjoyment of a song by finding a translation of the lyrics into a language we understand.

For the first time in years, he felt the deep sadness of exile, knowing that he was alone here, an outsider, and too alert to the ironies, the niceties, the manners, and indeed, the morals to be able to participate.

Facing a language you don't know is like returning to your infancy when your mother tongue used to be a foreign language to you

There is one way to understand another culture. Living it. Move into it, ask to be tolerated as a guest, learn the language. At some point understanding may come. It will always be wordless. The moment you grasp what is foreign, you will lose the urge to explain it. To explain a phenomenon is to distance yourself from it. When I start talking about Qaanaaq, to myself or to others, I again start to lose what has never been truly mine.

You can't be lost on a foreign land.

They were both lost in cities that would not pause even to shrug

Whenever you go on a trip to visit foreign lands or distant places, remember that they are all someone's home and backyard.