Tahir Shah Quotes

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Tahir Shah is a British author known for his fantasy novels. Born on November 16, 1966, he spent his childhood in Morocco. Shah's works often blend culture, adventure, and fantasy elements, which have won him a wide audience.

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“Real terror is a crippling experience. You sweat so much that your skin goes all wrinkly like when you've been in the bath all afternoon. And then the scent of your sweat changes. It smells like cat pee, no doubt from the adrenalin. However hard you wash, it won't come off. It smothers you, as your muscles become frozen with acid and your mind paralysed by despair.”

Fear Despair Terror Sweat Adrenalin

Book:In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams

Source: In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams

“As a travel writer I've specialized in gritty, fearful destinations, the kind of places that make a reader's hair stick on end.”

Kind Ends Fear Hair Reader Travel Sticks Destination Fearful

Author:Tahir Shah

“There can be few situations more fearful than breaking down in darkness on the highway leading to Casablanca. I have rarely felt quite so vulnerable or alone.”

Felt Fear Situation Darkness Vulnerable Fearful Breaking Down Highways

Book:In Arabian Nights

Source: In Arabian Nights

“The rain of Madre de Dios is similar to that of the Amazon, but there is a petrifying aspect to it, as if it seeks to wound rather than to nurture.”

Ifs Fear Rain Aspect Wounds Nurture Amazon Dio

Book:House of the Tiger King Paperback

Source: House of the Tiger King Paperback

“I was no longer troubled when he pulled out a machete in a crowded bar, tried to pick up schoolgirls, or threatened to scalp us, then rip off our heads and scoop out our brains.”

Fear Brain Picks Bars Threatened Rip Crowded Machetes

Book:House of the Tiger King Paperback

Source: House of the Tiger King Paperback

“There comes a stage at which a man would rather die cleanly by a bullet than by the unknown terror of the phantom in the forest.”

Men Dies Fear Stage Terror Forests Bullets Phantoms

Book:House of the Tiger King, Dyslexic edition

Source: House of the Tiger King, Dyslexic edition

About the Author

Born: November 16, 1966
Known for: Author
Quotes: 101

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House of the Tiger King : The Quest for a Lost CityRelated source material

House of the Tiger King PaperbackRelated source material

House of the Tiger King, Dyslexic editionRelated source material

In Arabian NightsRelated source material

In Search of King Solomon's Mines, Dyslexic editionRelated source material

In Search of King Solomon's Mines, paperback editionRelated source material

In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan DreamsRelated source material

Sorcerer's Apprentice paperbackRelated source material

Sorcerer's Apprentice, Dyslexic editionRelated source material

Beyond the Devil's Teeth: Journeys in GondwanalandRelated source material

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