Shangri Quotes

12 quotes from 11 authors

If you crave a quick taste of utopian yearning, this dozen quotations provide just that. Each line, drawn from eleven unique authors, hints at the longing for an idyllic sanctuary without overloading you.

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My father took one hundred and thirty-two minutes to die.

Melina Marchetta

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Paradise A concept embraced by almost every culture. A land of peace and harmony. Some say it doesn't belong to the earth,…

Ellen Hopkins

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Hollywood was always heartbreak town, though most of the world fancied it to be Shangri-La, King Solomon's mines, and Fort Knox rolled…

Hedda Hopper

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Kashmir is my last resort. I think, if I truly deserve it one day, I should go there and stay there for…

Robert Plant

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Ronnie Spector's hair was taller and meaner and scarier than all four Shangri-La's combined, plus the drummer from the Honeycombs. You just…

Rob Sheffield

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I was researching a different World War II story when I came across an article in the 'Chicago Tribune' from June 1945…

Mitchell Zuckoff

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There is something old and true in fantasy that speaks to something deep within us, to the child who dreamt that one…

George R. R. Martin

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writing had to take the form of journalism. Not for me the Shangri-la of fiction. The rewards, if any, would have been…

Jill Tweedie

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For true peace of mind we must acknowledge whatever fault we live upon, whatever time bomb ticks in our closet, and enjoy…

Chungliang Al Huang

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The moment you enter Bhutan, you notice that there are no traffic lights. It is almost like you've stepped into a Shangri-La…

Karan Bajaj

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There are names like Savoy Hotel, Caruso, Shangri-La, Pavlove, Mount Everest and the Treorchy Male Choir that just hang up there as…

Ron Moody

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My father took one hundred and thirty-two minutes to die. I counted. It happened on the Jellicoe Road. The prettiest road I’d…

Melina Marchetta

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