Ilse Wouters

“Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going.”
― Paul Theroux

“Listening is the most dangerous thing of all, listening means knowing, finding out about something and knowing what’s going on, our ears don’t have lids that can instinctively close against the words uttered, they can’t hide from what they sense they’re about to hear, it’s always too late.”
― Javier Marías, A Heart So White

“There is one way to understand another culture. Living it. Move into it, ask to be tolerated as a guest, learn the language.”
― Peter Hoeg

“De eeuwigheid is het ogenblik waarvan je zegt, dat zal ik nooit vergeten.”
― Jan Wolkers