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“It is better to be passionate than to be tolerant at the expense of one's soul.”

Book:Ionia: A Quest

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Ionia: A Quest

An exploration of the historical and cultural landscape of Ionia, focusing on a quest narrative. more

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Freya Stark

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

“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.”

Way Mind I Can Hands Remember Form Artist Fashion Determined Mixtures Marble My Future Foresight Sculptors

Author:Freya Stark

“Nearly all trouble comes from mis-timing.”

Trouble Timing

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“Tolerance cannot afford to have anything to do with the fallacy that evil may convert itself to good.”

May Evil Tolerance Fallacy

Book:Perseus In The Wind: A Life of Travel

Source: Perseus In The Wind: A Life of Travel

“What I find trying in a country which you do not understand and where you cannot speak, is that you can never be yourself.”

Trying Country Speak Being Yourself

Book:Letters: The furnace and the cup, 1914-30

Source: Letters: The furnace and the cup, 1914-30

“The essence of travel is diffuse. It is never there on the spot as it were, but always beyond: its symbol is the horizon, and its interest always lies over that edge in the unseen.”

Lying Interest Essence Edges Spots Symbols Horizon Unseen

Book:the zodiac arch

Source: the zodiac arch

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