“Once you have looked at the land from atop the Kahlenberg, you will understand what I write and who I am.” WritingLandIdentityWho I AmAustria Author:Franz Grillparzer
“The Gringo, locked into the fiction of white superiority, seized complete political power, stripping Indians and Mexicans of their land while their feet were still rooted in it. Con el destierro y el exilo fuimos desuñados, destroncados, destripados - we were jerked out by the roots, truncated, disemboweled, dispossessed, and separated from our identity and our history.” StillsPoliticalWhiteFictionViolenceFeetLandIdentityRootsOppressionMexicoLockedRootedSuperiorityPolitical PowerStripping Author:Gloria E. Anzaldúa
“Freedom is the kind of essence of being a pirate: You're away from land-locked Europe. You're not part of the society. You're part of the brotherhood of the sea, Your ship is your sense of identity. So when you approach the wheel, that's what you own.” KindSeaLandIdentityApproachEuropeEssenceShipsWheelsBrotherhoodLockedPirate Author:Geoffrey Rush
“The yearning to be Afghan, to be part of the country, part of the land helped me separate myself from the casual traveler and claim my Afghan identity.” CountryLandIdentityClaimsYearningTravelerCasualAfghan Author:Hyder Akbar