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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Famous Tahir Shah Quotes

“These days no one challenges us,' he said. 'And because there is no challenge, there is no reason to work hard. And with no reason to work hard, we have all become lazy.”

Said Hard Reason Challenges Hard Work These Days Lazy No Reason

Book:In Arabian Nights

Source: In Arabian Nights

“On a hard jungle journey nothing is so important as having a team you can trust.”

Important Hard Journey Team Jungle

Book:House of the Tiger King Paperback

Source: House of the Tiger King Paperback

“Through bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity.”

Littles Hard Hard Work Promise Rewards Bitter Generosity I Have Learned Bitter Experience

Book:In Search of King Solomon's Mines, Dyslexic edition

Source: In Search of King Solomon's Mines, Dyslexic edition

“The mere mention of the Farakka Express, which jerks its way eastward each day from Delhi to Calcutta, is enough to throw even a seasoned traveller into fits of apoplexy. At a desert encampment on Namibia's Skeleton Coast, a hard-bitten adventurer had downed a peg of local fire-water then told me the tale. Farakka was a ghost train, he said, haunted by ghouls, Thuggees, and thieves. Only a passenger with a death wish would go anywhere near it.”

Source: Sorcerer's Apprentice paperback

About the Author

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

Books & Sources

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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