Train Station Quotes

“Do you remember the long orphanage of the train stations

We crossed cities that turn-tabled all day

And vomited at night the sunshine of the day ("The Voyager")”
― Pierre Albert-Birot, The Cubist Poets in Paris: An Anthology

“The stop you get off is more important than the train you take because no one stays on the train!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“If you're wise enough to know which trains to take and which trains to miss, you'll neither be thrown in the wrong direction nor find yourself at stops you don't want!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Ar chualabhair riamh," arsa Eoghain, "ná fanann tráigh le headra agus ní lú mar a fhanfaidh an traein linne. Ní hé seo an tOileán agaibh go bhfanfaidh an naomhóg libh go mbeidh sibh ullamh."

Chuir sin imníomh orainn agus bhí gach aoinne ar a dhícheall ag baint an stáisiúin amach. Nuair a shroicheamar é ba dhóigh leat nár cailleadh aoinne riamh, bhí a oiread sin daoine ann. Bhí gach carráiste lán.”
― Peig Sayers, An Old Woman's Reflections: The Life of a Blasket Island Storyteller

“He who is in love with the station will never be attracted by the trains!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Nimic nu e mai trist decat o gara. Nimic nu e mai trist decat o gara in timp de razboi...”
― Cella Serghi, Cartea Mironei

“While you are waiting with hope that the train you are waiting for will come to the station and take you away, never forget that there may be people praying that that train will not come and you will not go anywhere!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“If the wrong trains are constantly coming to your stop, neither swear at the station nor at the trains! Keep the swearing to yourself, you're waiting in the wrong place, it's that simple!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“The windows and doors will be boarded up and the plants allowed to creep over the building. Moss will grow over the platform and, for a while, youths will come and spray paint and smash what they can - I like to think that this is their way of mourning its loss.”
― Kate O'Donnell, Untidy Towns

“We're like lemmings; surrounded on all sides by fellow travellers, chins tilted at the same angle towards the information boards. Lots of twitchy suitcases, ready to roll and we don't have seat reservations together because someone didn't book the tickets soon enough”
― Juno Dawson

“You may be waiting at the wrong stop, you may have taken the wrong train, you may be in a situation where you did everything wrong, but if you have the reflex to get rid of the mistake quickly, you will quickly get everything right!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“You neither took the best train nor got off at the best station! If you have such a life philosophy, you have a better chance of finding the better or the best!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“There is only one station in the world where everyone goes in the same direction, the station of life and the direction is eternal disappearance!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Did you wait too long at the station and get bored? And think of the station itself, it has been waiting there since he was born! Think about those who are in a worse situation than you and relax a little!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“If the train did not stop at the stop you were waiting for, do not be angry at the train, nor at the stop, nor at yourself for not being able to stop the train somehow! When you encounter a negative situation, skip the 'anger' part of the issue, because it is just a waste of time and energy, move directly to a new solution!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“What message can you give to the world by waiting at a station where no train can ever pass? You can give the message that miracles should be believed in under all circumstances, or you can show the world that stupidity has no limits!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“We still call a station that has neither waiting passengers nor arriving trains a station because our past continues to define us in the future!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“If you are still happy when the last train leaves the station, it means that you were not really waiting for a train; you belong where you are!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan