"Searching for a lost city is a particularly……" — Tahir Shah

"Searching for a lost city is a particularly European obsession."

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49 Quotes by Tahir Shah

Tahir Shah has 49 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Through bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with…
Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives.
If hot food is they key to maintaining an expedition's stamina, then low grade gut-rot alcohol is the key to…
Stories are not like the real world; they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's…
Believe, and what was impossible becomes possible what at first was hidden becomes visible.
For my father there was no sharper way to understand a country than by listening to its stories.
Enlightenment, and the death which comes before it, is the primary business of Varanasi.
I believe that Marrakech ought to be earned as a destination. The journey is the preparation for the experience. Reaching…
Real travel is not about the highlights with which you dazzle your friends once you're home. It's about the loneliness,…
To be selfless, you would give charity anonymously, walj softly on the earth, and look out for others-even total strangers-before…
Close your senses and the imagination comes alive. It's inside us all, dulled by endless television reruns and by a…
Money spent on good-quality gear is always money well spent

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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the… — Aristophanes
A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. — Aristotle
Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one… — Paul Auster
In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were… — Karen Armstrong
I didn't go to school for a full year until I was 12. In the summer I was a wild… — Margaret Atwood
We do not look in our great cities for our best morality. — Jane Austen
As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms… — Diane Ackerman
On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million… — Diane Ackerman
There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence.… — Michelle Bachelet
London changes because of money. It's real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, it's… — David Bailey
My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need… — Cleveland Abbe
I don't think acting is addictive. If I stopped acting tomorrow, I really wouldn't care. If you told me that… — Alec Baldwin

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