Quotes Tagged With :burma

My mother used to say that rain here pours like a blessing, like a thick veil that parts to reveal the....

An earthquake is such fun when it is over.

It is not power that corrupts but fear.

We stepped carefully, so softly, over thorny plants. The dust had turned to mud, splattering our shoes,....

Well, we have to do something. There are all sorts of rumours about soldiers coming up.""These people....

If you can't change it don't worry about it.

Bursts of gold on lavender melting into saffron. It's the time of day when the sky looks like it has....

My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.

People wonder why so many writers come to live in Paris. I’ve been living ten years in Paris and the....

When I was young and had no senseIn far-off MandalayI lost my heart to a Burmese girlAs lovely as the....