“Everyone knows that even the best exorcism has to be renewed once in a while.” — Tahir Shah Exorcism Copy Share Image
Believe, and what was impossible becomes possible what at first was hidden becomes visible. — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
Respect was one thing. Survival was another. It was important that I kept my priorities in the right order. — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
There’s nothing quite like a good quest for getting your blood pumping. — Tahir Shah Adventure Copy Share Image
In Morocco, before you even get to the matter of the sale, you have to coax the owner to sell. — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
“The quest for a lost city erodes your body, damaging you beyond all reason. But it is your mind that bears the… — Tahir Shah Adventure Copy Share Image
“But in Africa bureaucrats are usually too proud to accept a bribe, something I admire when I'm not the one being arrested.” — Tahir Shah Africa Copy Share Image
“The very fact that a Frenchman was prepared, after tow minutes of conversation, to be so friendly towards anyone, especially one who… — Tahir Shah Communication Copy Share Image
“Nothing was really so important to my father as the achievement of selflessness. He rarely mentioned it directly, but tried to guide… — Tahir Shah Achievements-success Copy Share Image
The inertia of a jungle village is a dangerous thing. Before you know it your whole life has slipped by and you… — Tahir Shah Danger Copy Share Image
There can be few situations more fearful than breaking down in darkness on the highway leading to Casablanca. I have rarely felt… — Tahir Shah Breaking down Copy Share Image
“There are two ways to find a lost city. The first is to rely on luck alone, the second is to control… — Tahir Shah Adventure Copy Share Image
“Ours was not going to be a clone of the usual expeditions, oozing with sleekness. It was clear from the start that… — Tahir Shah Advantage Copy Share Image
Close your senses and the imagination comes alive. It's inside us all, dulled by endless television reruns and by a society that… — Tahir Shah Alive Copy Share Image
Visit Cape Town and history is never far from your grasp. It lingers in the air, a scent on the breezy, an… — Tahir Shah Adversity Copy Share Image
“Back at the guest house I tried to acclimatise. A travel-worn adventurer had once told me that leaning with one's head dangling… — Tahir Shah Adventure Copy Share Image
Settling into a new country is like getting used to a new pair of shoes. At first they pinch a little, but… — Tahir Shah Country Copy Share Image
“Prideep pointed to the flames of paraffin lamps as they came alive in the distance and cackled in awe at the experience.… — Tahir Shah Chef Copy Share Image
My father used to tell me that stories offer the listener a chance to escape but, more importantly, he said, they provide… — Tahir Shah Ancient Copy Share Image
Lured by the wilderness, and by the chance of spotting rare desert elephants, a few intrepid tourists make their way to the… — Tahir Shah Chance Copy Share Image
I believe that Marrakech ought to be earned as a destination. The journey is the preparation for the experience. Reaching it too… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
“At the dealership, I pulled out the sieve and toyed with it threateningly. When the salesman was ready for me, I held… — Tahir Shah Culture Copy Share Image
“I'm a fool, that I should simply trick the tourists like everyone else. after all, most of them will never come back.… — Tahir Shah Fool Copy Share Image
Through bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity. — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
For me, a journey to Damascus is an amazing hunt from beginning to end, a slice through layers of history in search… — Tahir Shah Damascus Copy Share Image
The pursuit of illusion is not about studying for prizes, or for study's sake. There's no right or wrong, no pass or… — Tahir Shah Education Copy Share Image
Once in a very long time you come across a book that is far, far more than the ink, the glue and… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
The model of publishing is changing and its happening right now, but most publishers are so frightened, they just dont know how… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
“None of them seemed to mind sliding around in the faeces and choking in the smoke. They were determined not to miss… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
“Normally I would have been the first to go in search of cannibal monks, particularly as I had heard of a similar… — Tahir Shah Adventure Copy Share Image
“Through a strange kind of geographic arrogance, Europeans like to think that the world was a silent, dark, unknown place until they… — Tahir Shah Adventure Copy Share Image
Explorers like to pretend that they are a select breed of people with iron nerve and an ability to endure terrible hardship. — Tahir Shah Ability Copy Share Image
There comes a stage at which a man would rather die cleanly by a bullet than by the unknown terror of the… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
As a travel writer I've specialized in gritty, fearful destinations, the kind of places that make a reader's hair stick on end. — Tahir Shah Books Copy Share Image
“In the world of the Machiguenga, sadness could be equated with anger, and anger was a perilous emotion, by which a foreigner… — Tahir Shah Anger Copy Share Image
Most journeys have a clear beginning, but on some the ending is less well-defined. The question is, at what point do you… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
These days no one challenges us,' he said. 'And because there is no challenge, there is no reason to work hard. And… — Tahir Shah Challenges Copy Share Image
Stories are not like the real world; they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
