it is my belief that one should learn patience in a foreign land, for I take it that this is the true measure of travel. If one does not suffer some frustration of the ordinary reflexes, how can one be sure one is really traveling? Gertrude Diamant More Quotes by Gertrude Diamant More Quotes From Gertrude Diamant For order represents our fear and nervousness. We create ordered interiors as a protest over the passing of things, to define our mortal lives against the void of time. Gertrude Diamant void passing order I like weather better than climate. The dry season is a gold vacuum; but the rainy season has change, which is weather. And while climate may create a race, weather creates the temper and sensibility of the individual. Gertrude Diamant race gold weather ... the first step in understanding a people is to know the extent of their mortality, the things from which they suffer and die. Gertrude Diamant understanding suffering people
