Life-Writing of Immeasurable Events (LIVE)
University of Oxford’s Oxford Centre for Life-Writing
We are survivors of immeasurable events,
Flung upon some reach of land - Rebecca Elson
A traveler has a right to relate and embellish his adventures as he pleases, and it is very impolite to refuse that deference and applause they deserve.
― Rudolph Erich Raspe, The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity. - Gustave Flaubert