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

“As anyone who's ever taken an Ethiopian bus knows, there is an unwritten rule that the windows must remain firmly closed.”

Travel Africa Ethiopia Bus Travel

Book:In Search of King Solomon's Mines

Source: In Search of King Solomon's Mines

“On a harsh expedition, there's no space for anyone who does not intend to finish.”

Doe Space Travel Harsh Expeditions

Book:House of the Tiger King, Dyslexic edition

Source: House of the Tiger King, Dyslexic edition

“Usually, there is nothing more pleasing that returning to a place where you have endured hardship.”

Pleasure Travel Hardship

Author:Tahir Shah

“Most journeys have a clear beginning, but on some the ending is less well-defined. The question is, at what point do you bite your lip and head for home?”

Wells Home Clear Journey Travel Lips Defined Bites

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

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

“Money spent on good-quality gear is always money well spent”

Wells Quality Travel Gears Good Quality Money Well Spent

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

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

“There’s nothing quite like a good quest for getting your blood pumping.”

Blood Travel Quests

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

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

“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

“For me, a journey to Damascus is an amazing hunt from beginning to end, a slice through layers of history in search of treasure.”

Ends Journey Travel Treasure Layers Hunts

Author:Tahir Shah

“Where does one go in a tremendous city like Calcutta to find insider information? I recalled India's golden rule: do the opposite of what would be normal anywhere else.”

Doe Would Be Cities Information Travel Normal Opposites India Golden Golden Rule Calcutta Insiders

Book:Sorcerer's Apprentice paperback

Source: Sorcerer's Apprentice paperback

“One senses that, in these conditions, no amount of wet-wiping could bring true hygiene.”

Conditions Amount Travel Senses Wet Hygiene

Author:Tahir Shah

“The very fact that a Frenchman was prepared, after two minutes of conversation, to be so friendly towards anyone, especially one who had come from England, made me restless.”

Made Two Facts Minutes Conversation Travel England Prepared Friendly Restless Frenchmen

Book:Beyond the Devil's Teeth Paperback

Source: Beyond the Devil's Teeth Paperback

“In some peculiar way, indeed, the rules were now beginning to seem quite logical. It was then I knew that I had been in India long enough.”

Way Long Enough Seems Travel India Logical Peculiar

Book:Beyond the Devil's Teeth Paperback

Source: Beyond the Devil's Teeth Paperback

“I was becoming addicted to Bombay. There was squalor and poverty, but I had begun to realise my good fortune and would never again forget it.”

Forget Poverty Becoming Travel Fortune Realising Forget It Good Fortune Bombay Squalor

Author:Tahir Shah

“Spend sixteen weeks in the jungle and you being to question your own sanity, especially when you are the one goading everyone else ahead.”

Week Team Travel Sanity Jungle Sixteen

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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