Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time. – John Berger
Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form. – John Berger
When we suffer anguish we return to early childhood because that is the period in which we first learnt to suffer the experience of total loss. It was more than that. It was the period in which we suffered more total losses than in all the rest of our life put together. – John Berger
One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man. – John Berger