Guy Delisle > Quotes

“It'll always be easier to fight others if you reduce them to a single word or look at them just one way.”
― Guy Delisle, Chroniques de Jérusalem

“Because with time blocking out the bad, memory is always bound to be a bit naive and stupidly optimistic.”
― Guy Delisle, Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China

“Actually, the Burmese don't refer to her by name. They just call her "The Lady." It's like Voldemort in Harry Potter, "He Who Must Not Be Named.”
― Guy Delisle, Burma Chronicles

“At a certain level of oppression, truth hardly matters, because the greater the lie, the greater the show of power.”
― Guy Delisle, Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

“Ouch, my butthole hurts, but I really need to have a look at that firestation.”
― Guy Delisle, Burma Chronicles

“Aaargh...that'll teach me to eat pig in the promised land. Sorry Baby Jesus.”
― Guy Delisle, Chroniques de Jérusalem

“In fact, they live in a state of constant paradox where truth is anything but constant”
― Guy Delisle, Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

“Dictatorship means shut up, democracy means keep talking!”
― Guy Delisle, Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

“And I certainly wouldn't demonize an entire people on the basis of 3 blurry photos and a few paintings”
― Guy Delisle, Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

“Guy: „Hey, isn't that Karl up there?“
Mr. Kyu: „You know Marx? Very good.“
Guy: „A bit... Doesn't everybody?“
Mr. Kyu: „Oh no, not many capitalists do.“
Guy: „Really.”
― Guy Delisle, Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

“en todas las habitaciones, de todos los edificios, de toda Corea del Norte, hay colgadas en una pared las fotos de papá Kim y de su retoño. Excepto en los váteres... Of course.”
― Guy Delisle

“I'd been seen the day before in a neighborhood that wasn't up to revolutionary standards, photographing a pile of garbage cans. It's forbidden. Garbage is not a good souvenir of North Korea. There are so many beautiful things to photograph.”
― Guy Delisle, Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

“Volunteers?”
― Guy Delisle, Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

“- "Les trois ours arrivent dans la chambre et Boucle d'Or se réveille. Elle a peur et s'enfuit de la maison." Fin. Bon allez il est tard, maintenant dodo.
Alice - Et elle va où, Boucle d'Or ?
- Ben on sait jamais, les ours ne l'ont jamais revue dans leur maison.
- Peut-être qu'elle s'est perdue dans la forêt ?
- C'est possible. Maintenant, il est tard, au dodo !
- Papa ! Et si Boucle d'Or, elle est perdue dans la forêt, peut-être qu'elle a faim ?
- Alice ! Il est presque dix heures ! Demain, il y a école.
- Oui, mais Boucle d'Or...
- Boucle d'Or, elle est morte ! Les ours l'ont retrouvée grelottant de froid au matin et ils l'ont bouffée. Ca lui apprendra à entrer chez des inconnus et à se servir comme si elle était chez elle. Sous prétexte qu'elle a de jolis cheveux, elle peut se conduire comme une délinquante ? Non mais sans blague ! Bien fait pour sa gueule !”
― Guy Delisle

“In Bangladesh, there's a saying that if you get killed by a snake, its destiny... But if you get killed by a tiger, its just bad luck.”
― Guy Delisle, Burma Chronicles

“[...] avec le temps qui se charge d'effacer les mauvais moments, la mémoire garde à jamais son côté naïf et stupidement positif.”
― Guy Delisle, Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China