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> [Sunnis consider Shias a pack of unwholesome fanatics and Shias consider Sunnis a gang of lukewarm no-goods - there's nothing like religion for spreading brotherly love!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dervla-murphy/sunnis-consider-shias-a-pack-of-unwholesome-fanatics-and-shias/)

[Dervla Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dervla-murphy/)

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## More by Dervla Murphy

> [“Even a brief glimpse of what we were is valuable to help understand what we are”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dervla-murphy/even-a-brief-glimpse-of-what-we-were-is-valuable-to-help-understand/)

[Dervla Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dervla-murphy/)

> [one feels guilty on behalf of Western civilisation. What damage are we doing, blindly and swiftly, to those races who are being taught that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dervla-murphy/one-feels-guilty-on-behalf-of-western-civilisation-what-damage-are-we/)

[Dervla Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dervla-murphy/)

> [The Irish have a flair for wringing from death the last drop of emotion and they do not quite understand those who react otherwise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dervla-murphy/the-irish-have-a-flair-for-wringing-from-death-the-last-drop-of/)

[Dervla Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dervla-murphy/)

> [On my tenth birthday a bicycle and an atlas coincided as presents and a few days later I decided to cycle to India.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dervla-murphy/on-my-tenth-birthday-a-bicycle-and-an-atlas-coincided-as-presents-and/)

[Dervla Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dervla-murphy/)

> [Undoubtedly the Afghans must be, by our standards, the best-looking people in the world. They have everything; height, proportions, carriage, features and complexion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dervla-murphy/undoubtedly-the-afghans-must-be-by-our-standards-the-best-looking/)

[Dervla Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dervla-murphy/)

> [“I thank God for my sanguine temperament, which refuses to allow me to believe in disaster until it is finally manifest”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dervla-murphy/i-thank-god-for-my-sanguine-temperament-which-refuses-to-allow-me-to/)

[Dervla Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dervla-murphy/)

> [ \[On Addis Ababa:\] Among the city's handicaps are an immaturity for which no one can be blamed, as it was founded only eighty years… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dervla-murphy/on-addis-ababa-among-the-city-s-handicaps-are-an-immaturity-for-which/)

[Dervla Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dervla-murphy/)

> [Buying a bicycle is a momentous event, akin to marriage: you are acquiring a partner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dervla-murphy/buying-a-bicycle-is-a-momentous-event-akin-to-marriage-you-are/)

[Dervla Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dervla-murphy/)

> [one of the advantages of cycling is that it automatically prevents a journey from becoming an Expedition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dervla-murphy/one-of-the-advantages-of-cycling-is-that-it-automatically-prevents-a/)

[Dervla Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dervla-murphy/)

> [hatred, however apparently justifiable, excusable or inevitable, always damages the hater.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dervla-murphy/hatred-however-apparently-justifiable-excusable-or-inevitable-always/)

[Dervla Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dervla-murphy/)

> [On my tenth birthday a bicycle and an atlas coincided as gifts, and a few days later I decided to cycle to India...However, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dervla-murphy/on-my-tenth-birthday-a-bicycle-and-an-atlas-coincided-as-gifts-and-a/)

[Dervla Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dervla-murphy/)

> [Is this something else our age does - on the one hand make communication easier than ever before, while on the other hand widening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dervla-murphy/is-this-something-else-our-age-does-on-the-one-hand-make/)

[Dervla Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dervla-murphy/)

> [apartheid still hangs in the air like a poisonous cloud left over from chemical warfare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dervla-murphy/apartheid-still-hangs-in-the-air-like-a-poisonous-cloud-left-over/)

[Dervla Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dervla-murphy/)

> [the sudden violent dispossession accompanying a refugee flight is much more than the loss of a permanent home and a traditional occupation, or than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dervla-murphy/the-sudden-violent-dispossession-accompanying-a-refugee-flight-is/)

[Dervla Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dervla-murphy/)

> [... strong bonds are forged in high emotional temperatures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dervla-murphy/strong-bonds-are-forged-in-high-emotional-temperatures/)

[Dervla Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dervla-murphy/)

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