Rosita Forbes

The desert has a subtle and a cruel charm. She destroys while she enthralls.

— Rosita Forbes

That is the charm of the map. It represents the other side of the horizon where everything is possible.

— Rosita Forbes

it is a curious fact that camels walk more quickly and straighter to the sound of singing.

— Rosita Forbes

The red sands of Marrakesh, sprawling at the foot of the Atlas like a wounded Leviathan...

— Rosita Forbes

The perfect journey is never finished, the goal is always just across the next river, round the shoulder of the next mountain.…

— Rosita Forbes

“In real life, the big things and the little things are inextricably mixed up together, so in Libya at one moment, one…

— Rosita Forbes

The laws all true wanderers obey are these: 'Thou shalt not eat nor drink more than thy share,' 'Thou shalt not lie…

— Rosita Forbes

the desert breeds reserve. It is so big that one's own plans and projects seem too little to be talked about. Also,…

— Rosita Forbes

The curly red lines across the African deserts had the fascination of a magnet, and I hoped fervently that the pioneers who…

— Rosita Forbes

It is true there is a scent in the desert, though there may be no flower or tree or blade of grass…

— Rosita Forbes

the camels had strayed far in search of scarce grass. When collected, they displayed a fiendish ingenuity in throwing their loads and…

— Rosita Forbes

There were twelve dishes of lamb cooked in different rich sauces, with a monster bowl of strange oddments, which I imagine also…

— Rosita Forbes

That is the charm of a map. It represents the other side of the horizon where everything is possible. It has the…

— Rosita Forbes

“We rode through a three-thousand-year-old country, saw the ruined capital of the Queen of Sheba and the underground red-rock city of Lalibela,…

— Rosita Forbes