Alida Bremer > Quotes

“Misery and poverty had been inventive in erecting skewed walls over the rectilinear Roman foundations—overhanging rooms amid classical arches, sewage pipes amid imperial chambers.”
― Alida Bremer, Split

“The sea is always there. When you’re by the sea, you always feel it at your side. When you’re far away, you carry it within you.”
― Alida Bremer, Split

“At the peak of the night, everyone in the harbor bar teemed with wisdom; by dawn, their words rang hollow again.”
― Alida Bremer, Split

“That was his favorite theory: the growth in the availability of news was in inverse proportion to a growth in understanding.”
― Alida Bremer, Split

“And the fragrance of freshly baked bread hung over everything like a blessing.”
― Alida Bremer, Split