“Every victory of man over man has in itself a taste of defeat.... There is no essential difference between the various human groups, creatures whose bones and brains and members are the same; and every damage we do there is a form of mutilation, as if the fingers of the left hand were to be cut off by the right.” IfsMenHumansHandsFormWinningLeftDifferencesBrainCuttingGroupsVictoryTasteCreaturesMembersEssentialsFingersDefeatVariousBonesDamageLeft HandMutilation Book:the zodiac arch Source: the zodiac arch
“not wholly consciously, but not quite unconsciously, as far as I can remember, I determined to fashion my future as a sculptor his marble, and there was in it the same mixture of foresight and the unknown. The thing in the mind of the artist takes its way and imposes its form as it wakens under his hand. And so with life.” WayMindI CanHandsRememberFormArtistFashionDeterminedMixturesMarbleMy FutureForesightSculptors Author:Freya Stark
“On the other hand, there is a certain advantage in traveling with someone who has a reputation for shooting rather than being shot: as Keram said, in a self-satisfied way, they might kill me, but they would know that, if I was with him, there would be unpleasantness afterwards.” IfsKnowsWaySaidSelfHandsMightWould BeCertainShotsAdvantageSatisfiedReputationShootingKill Me Book:The Journey's Echo: Selections Source: The Journey's Echo: Selections
“The true gardener then brushes over the ground with slow and gentle hand, to liberate a space for breath round some favorites; but he is not thinking about destruction except incidentally. It is only the amateur like myself who becomes obsessed and rejoices with a sadistic pleasure in weeds that are big and bad enough to pull, and at last, almost forgetting the flowers altogether, turns into a Reformer.” ThinkingEnoughHandsBigsLastsTurnsSpaceForgetPleasureFlowerDestructionBreathsRoundsGentleObsessedWeedRejoiceBrushesGardenerReformersSadistic Author:Freya Stark
“All the feeling which my father could not put into words was in his hand-any dog, child or horse would recognize the kindness of it.” ChildrenFeelingsHandsFatherKindnessDogHorse Book:The Journey's Echo: Selections Source: The Journey's Echo: Selections
“If we are strong, and have faith in life and its richness of surprises, and hold the rudder steadily in our hands. I am sure we will sail into quiet and pleasant waters for our old age.” IfsInspirationalHandsAgeFunnyFaithStrongWaterQuietSurpriseOld AgePleasantHave FaithSailSailingRichnessRudders Book:The Open Door, 1930-35 Source: The Open Door, 1930-35
“I have met charming people, lots who would be charming if they hadn't got a complex about the British and everyone has pleasant and cheerful manners and I like most of the American voices. On the other hand I don't believe they have any God and their hats are frightful. On balance I prefer the Arabs.” PeopleIfsBelieveHandsWould BeAmericaVoiceBalanceMetsComplexesDon't BelieveBritishMannersPleasantCharmHatsCharmingCheerful Book:Letters: New worlds for old, 1943-46 Source: Letters: New worlds for old, 1943-46
