“[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 ago, and a proliferation of architectural excesses for which many people can and should be blamed.” PeopleShouldYearsCitiesYears AgoArchitectureExcessEightyHandicapsProliferationImmaturity Author:Dervla Murphy
“The more I see of life in these 'undeveloped countries' and of the methods adopted to 'improve' them, the more depressed I become. It seems criminal that the backwardness of a country like Afghanistan should be used as an excuse for America and Russia to have a tug-of-war for possession.” ShouldWarCountrySeemsAmericaUsedMethodExcusePossessionCriminalsRussiaAfghanistanAsiaImperialismAdoptedTug Of War Book:Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle Source: Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle
“To me writing was not a career but a necessity. And so it remains, though I am now, technically, a professional writer. The strength of this inborn desire to write has always baffled me. It is understandable that the really gifted should feel an overwhelming urge to use their gift; but a strong urge with only a slight gift seems almost a genetic mistake.” FeelsShouldWritingUseSeemsDesireStrongMistakeCareersRemainsUrgesOverwhelmingGiftedBaffledOverwhelming Urge Author:Dervla Murphy
