“ The rage for railroads is so great that many will be laid in parts where they will not pay. George Stephenson
“ Gone. We were out in the country and everything slowed down into rolling hills covered with snow. There were trees, but no leaves, and I could not remember seeing anything so white and clean. Winter i… Gary Paulsen
“ Writers do not have the privilege of sleep. There is always a story coming alive in their heads, constantly composing. Whether they choose it or not. Coco J. Ginger
“ A railroad station? That was sort of a primitive airport, only you didn't have to take a cab 20 miles out of town to reach it. Russell Baker
“ If you sleep on the train, you will miss your station; if you sleep at the station, you will miss your train! You can control your fate only when you are awake! Mehmet Murat ildan
“ Through the dark night chasing the morning lightThat headlight streaming white through the night Richard L. Ratliff
“ When we are in love, we are convinced nobody else will do. But as time goes, others do do, and often do do, much much better. Coco J. Ginger
“ Maybe she had it wrong all this time and her empty heart could never be filled by his ingenious broken spirit. Maybe this yearning had nothing to do with him, and everything to do with her. Coco J. Ginger
“ Like the waters of the river, like the motorists on the highway, and like the yellow trains streaking down the Santa Fe tracks, drama, in the shape of exceptional happenings, had never stopped there. Truman Capote
“ He offered her power, money, status...a giant prison, all in exchange for only...her soul. Coco J. Ginger
“ He had let me know time after time that he was a thinking man, a man of intellect and wit. Yet one unintended hungry look into my eyes and he betrayed each of his words he had carefully spoken to me.… Coco J. Ginger
“ The train hit her with the sound of a meat-filled hefty bag smacking the pavement, and the effect was much the same, I guess. (Dark City Lights) Warren Moore
“ In America, Fredericka, they don't really have trains for people. The trains here are used mainly to transport pigs, television sets, and fruit. Mark Helprin
“ Trains induce such terrible anxiety. They image the possibility of total and irrevocable failure. They are also dirty, rackety, packed with strangers, an object lesson in the foul contingency of life:… Iris Murdoch
“ Early youth is a baffling time. The present moment is nice but it does not last. Living in it is like waiting in a junction town for the morning limited; the junction may be interesting but some day y… Bruce Catton
“ But when you're caked in your own leavings, you don't really mind being hit with brutally hard jets of water. Douglas Coupland
“ It’s been my experience that most folk who ride trains could care less where they’re going. For them it’s the journey itself and the people they meet along the way. You see, at every stop this train m… David Baldacci
“ Temple of the Rat King. Ark of the Soot God. Sphincter of Hades. Yes, King's Cross Station, where, according to , a blow job costs only five quid - any of the furthest-left three cubicles in the men's… David Mitchell