Every age has its dreams, its symbols of romance. Past generations were moved by the graceful power of the great windjammers, by… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“For lust of knowing what we should not know,’ he was fond of intoning, ‘we take the Golden Road to Samarkand.” — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
“We travel not for trafficking alone; By hotter winds our hearts are fanned: For lust of knowing what should not be known… — James Elroy Flecker Copy Share Image
Fate! Fate! All things pass away; Life is forever, youth is for a day. Love again if you may Before the stars… — John Gould Fletcher Copy Share Image
Samarkand, with its magnificent mosques, tombs and dazzling ensembles of ceramic tiles, is still one of the world's most awe-inspiring cities. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
“Perhaps, until this moment, he had not quite believed that Samarkand really existed. Now there was no doubt. This was no fable,… — Alex Rutherford Copy Share Image
For lust of knowing what should not be known, we take the Golden Road to Samarkand. — James Elroy Flecker Copy Share Image
I can't actually see myself putting make-up on my face at the age of sixty, but I can see myself going on… — Glenda Jackson Copy Share Image
