“Europe has been at peace since 1945. But it is a restless peace thats shadowed by the threat of violence. Europe is partitioned. An unnatural line runs through the heart of a very great and a very proud nation [Germany]. History warns us that until this harsh division has been resolved, peace in Europe will never be secure. We must turn to one of the great unfinished tasks of our generationand that unfinished task is making Europe whole again.” HeartHas BeensWholeRunningTurnsNationsPeaceLinesViolenceProudEuropeTasksThreatSecureGermanyDivisionHarshRestlessUnnaturalUnfinished Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Cadiz is a city of magic, like Cracow or Dublin, to set the mind on fire at a turn of a corner. ... The eye is continually fed, the imagination stirred, by a train of spectacles as charming as if they had been contrived.” IfsMindEyeTurnsImaginationCitiesFireMagicEuropeTrainCornersFedsCharmingSpectaclesDublin Book:Silk Hats and No Breakfast: Notes on a Spanish Journey Source: Silk Hats and No Breakfast: Notes on a Spanish Journey
“This going into Europe will not turn out to be the thrilling mutual exchange supposed. It is more like nine middle-aged couples with failing marriages meeting in a darkened bedroom in a Brussels hotel for a group grope.” TurnsFailingGroupsMiddleCoupleEuropeMeetingsNineHotelMutualBedroomThrillingMiddle AgedBrussels Author:E. P. Thompson
“Going to Europe as a budding cook opened my eyes to food in a different way. When I got to Italy, the first thing I did was put my little basil plants in the ground and watch them turn into big, healthy bushes.” WayFirstsLittlesDifferentBigsEyeTurnsWatchesHealthyEuropePlantCooksDifferent WaysBasil Author:Frances Mayes
“I haven't a clue about the biology or the psychology involved when a person dissolves into tears, but it is quite fascinating to note what turns them on. There are wives who can cascade over a late husband or a burned dinner, and equally pour tears of joy over a new bonnet or a renovated bathroom.... A while ago I took a ship back from Europe. Amid the tumbling confetti ... I found myself misty-eyed watching a young lady waving a tearful farewell to her boyfriend on the dock. I couldn't figure out if I was crying at her plight, or in delight that he wasn't coming along with us.” IfsPersonsYoungJoyTurnsFoundPsychologyWifeHavensCryFiguresTearsInvolvedSorrowHusbandLateEuropeNotesDelightDinnerShipsFascinatingBiologyBurnedClueFarewellBathroomPlightYoung LadiesMistyDocksTumblingCascadeBonnetsConfettiTears Of Joy Author:Malcolm Forbes
“Autumn is the American season. In Europe the leaves turn yellow or brown, and fall. Here they take fire on the trees and hang there flaming. We think this frost-fire is a portent somehow: a promise that the continent has given us. Life, too, we think, is capable of taking fire in this country; of creating beauty never seen.” ThinkingCountryTurnsFallGivenFireTreePromiseCreatingCapableEuropeSeasonsBrownAutumnYellowContinentsFrostCreating BeautyPortents Author:Archibald MacLeish