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“Few - very few - of our attainments are so profound that they are valid for always; even if they are so, they need adjustment, a straightening here, a loosening there, like an old garment to be fitted to the body.”

Quote by Freya Stark

Book:The Lycian Shore

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The Lycian Shore

The Lycian Shore is a historical fiction set in the ancient region of Lycia, offering a glimpse into the lives and cultures of the people who once inhabited this area. The story delves into the social dynamics, political intrigue, and cultural nuances of the time, providing readers with a richly detailed narrative of life in ancient Lycia. more

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Freya Stark, born on January 31, 1893, and died on May 9, 1993, was a renowned British explorer. She is best known for her expeditions in the Middle East, where she conducted in-depth research on local culture, history, and geography. more

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“The language of salesmanship was no doubt born with the first fashions in fig leaves in the garden of Eden. A strange concept has grown around it: if something is to be sold, inaccuracy is not immoral. Hence the art of advertisement - untruthfulness combined with repetition.”

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Author:Freya Stark

“youth looks at its world and age looks through it; youth must get busy on problems whose outlines stand single and strenuous before it, while age can, with luck, achieve a cosmic private harmony unsuited for action as a rule.”

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“The artist's business is to take sorrow when it comes. The depth and capacity of his reception is the measure of his art; and when he turns his back on his own suffering, he denies the very laws of his being and closes the door on everything that can ever make him great.”

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Book:The Journey's Echo: Selections

Source: The Journey's Echo: Selections

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Book:the zodiac arch

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“monotony is not to be worshipped as a virtue; nor the marriage bed treated as a coffin for security rather than a couch from which to rise refreshed.”

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Book:Perseus In The Wind: A Life of Travel

Source: Perseus In The Wind: A Life of Travel

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Source: The Journey's Echo: Selections

“The camel is an ugly animal, seen from above. Its shoulders slope formless like a sack, its silly little ears and fluff of bleached curls behind them have a respectable, boarding-house look, like some faded neatness that dresses for propriety but never dressed for love.”

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Book:A Winter in Arabia: A Journey Through Yemen

Source: A Winter in Arabia: A Journey Through Yemen

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Source: The Journey's Echo: Selections