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> [“There was that all-pervasive evening scent of cut grass and jasmine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dalrymple/there-was-that-all-pervasive-evening-scent-of-cut-grass-and-jasmine/)

[William Dalrymple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-dalrymple/)

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## More by William Dalrymple

> [“To subdue and crush the masses of a nation by military force, when all are unanimous in the determination to be free, is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dalrymple/to-subdue-and-crush-the-masses-of-a-nation-by-military-force-when-all/)

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> [For me they go hand in hand. When I travel it makes me want to write, when I read it makes me want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dalrymple/for-me-they-go-hand-in-hand-when-i-travel-it-makes-me-want-to-write/)

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> [Partition was a total catastrophe for Delhi,’ she said. ‘Those who were left behind are in misery. Those who were uprooted are in misery.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dalrymple/partition-was-a-total-catastrophe-for-delhi-she-said-those-who-were/)

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> [“Across the broken apses and shattered naves of a hundred ruined Byzantine churches, the same smooth, cold, neo-classical faces of the saints and apostles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dalrymple/across-the-broken-apses-and-shattered-naves-of-a-hundred-ruined/)

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> [ “During the war, my son Alfred \[Cochrane\] went up \[to Bsharre, in Lebanon\] to see some friends. On the road, he was stopped by… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dalrymple/during-the-war-my-son-alfred-cochrane-went-up-to-bsharre-in-lebanon/)

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> [“There was that all-pervasive evening scent of cut grass and jasmine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dalrymple/there-was-that-all-pervasive-evening-scent-of-cut-grass-and-jasmine/)

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> [“I lost my mother when I was three years old. She had some small injury – a piece of metal pierced her foot –…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dalrymple/i-lost-my-mother-when-i-was-three-years-old-she-had-some-small-injury/)

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> [“...'unless you convert to Orthodoxy, you too will follow your Pope down that valley, through the scorching fire. We will watch you from this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dalrymple/unless-you-convert-to-orthodoxy-you-too-will-follow-your-pope-down/)

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> [“Few, few shall part where many meet, The snow shall be their winding sheet; And every turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dalrymple/few-few-shall-part-where-many-meet-the-snow-shall-be-their-winding/)

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> [...Dean Mohamet, a Muslim landowner from Patna who had followed his British patron to Ireland. There he soon eloped with, and later marries, Jean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dalrymple/dean-mohamet-a-muslim-landowner-from-patna-who-had-followed-his/)

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> [“Thanks to all Zafar’s precautions, ‘Id passed peacefully on 1 August. The British, who were aware through their spies of the growing communal tension,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dalrymple/thanks-to-all-zafar-s-precautions-id-passed-peacefully-on-1-august/)

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> [“The first Embassy to Afghanistan by a western power left the Company's Delhi Residency on 13 October 1808, with the Ambassador accompanied by 200…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dalrymple/the-first-embassy-to-afghanistan-by-a-western-power-left-the-company/)

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> [“I grew up in extreme poverty,’ said Hari Das. ‘Like me, my father was a day labourer, who also did theyyam during the season.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dalrymple/i-grew-up-in-extreme-poverty-said-hari-das-like-me-my-father-was-a/)

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> [“One day Lal shahbaz was wandering in the desert with his friend Sheikh Bhaa ud-Din Zakariya. It was winter, and evening time, so they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dalrymple/one-day-lal-shahbaz-was-wandering-in-the-desert-with-his-friend/)

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> [“The Byzantines looked on these stylites as intermediaries, go-betweens who could transmit their deepest fears and aspirations to the distant court of Heaven, ordinary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dalrymple/the-byzantines-looked-on-these-stylites-as-intermediaries-go-betweens/)

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