Tram Quotes

“It was in December. I stood in the back of the tram, all the way in the back. It drove through the country and stopped and started again, it took hours, the countryside was endless. And the sky got bluer and bluer and the sun shone until it seemed like flowers would have to start sprouting out of the country bumpkins. And the red roofs in the villages and the black trees and the fields, most of them covered with straw, had it nice and warm, and the dunes sat bareheaded in the sun. And the road lay there, white and smarting, it couldn't bear the sunlight, and the glass panes of the village streetlamp flashed, they had trouble withstanding the glare too.
But I got colder and colder. And the tram ran as long as the sun shone. It's a long ride from Hillegom to Leiden and the days are short in December. By the end, a block of ice was standing there on the tram staring into the big stupid cold sun that was flaming red as though the revolution was finally starting, as though offices were being blown up all over Amsterdam, but still it couldn't bring a spark of life back to my cold feet and stiff legs. And it kept getting bigger and colder, the sun, and I got colder and stayed the same size, and the blue sky looked down very disapprovingly: What are you doing on that tram?”
― Nescio, Amsterdam Stories

“Violence always leads to pain" Trendal Malian- Ishtaria: Prince of Blades”
― Keith Collier

“There is always something sad about the trams, may be because they are like our lives: They appear from nothingness and disappear in the horizon of the crowds.”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Your mind is your tram; it will take you any station you wish!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Trams are not free; their paths are predetermined; they must travel on the pre-designed paths! You are not a tram; your path is not predetermined; you can travel on any path! Fate is nonsense; you are free, you choose your own path with your own mind!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“I stand on the end platform of the tram and am completely unsure of my footing in this world, in this town, in my family.”
― Franz Kafka, On the Tram

“Tram is the literary and magical version of the train!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Tramway is more close to human soul than the subway because it touches to the passengers’ souls with a sweet sunshine!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“A wrong tram cannot take you to home; a wrong thought cannot take you to happiness!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Tram’s road is predetermined, but not yours! You are not a tram, you can choose your path”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Cities who do not have trams always look less literary, less poetic, and less mysterious!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“C'è sempre qualcosa di triste nei tram, forse perché sono come le nostre vite: appaiono dal nulla e scompaiono nell'orizzonte della folla.”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“You got the wrong tram? You lost your time? No problem! You gained something very valuable: Experience! Now, take the right tram and start your new journey!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“The wisdom of the tram is that if you do your work automatically without thinking about it, then you will save a lot of time for the things you want to think deeply!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Night, rain, silence, empty streets and tram, when you see all of them together, you feel like you are on the pages of a novel!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“There is something much more important than missing the last tram: Your ability to settle the matter in another way when the last tram has gone!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Çok hızlı giden bir tramvay görünce korkarsın, çünkü raydan mutlaka çıkacaktır! Aynı şekilde hızlı yaşayan bir insan görünce de korkarsın çünkü o da raydan çıkacaktır!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“When you see a tram going very fast, you will be afraid because it will derail for sure! Likewise, when you see a person living fast, you get scared because he will go off the rails too!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan