Home / Quotes / Quote by Tahir Shah

Quote by Tahir Shah

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

Author

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. more

“It's very far away, it takes about a half and a day to get there, if we travel by my... dragon-fly. No, it's not in Spain, but all the same, you know, it's a groovy name. And the wind's just right... Hang on, my darling, hang on if you wanna go. Hear it's a really groovy place, with just a little bit Spanish Castle Magic.”

Ifs Knows Littles Names Bits Half Magic Wind Travel Little Bit Dragons Far Away Spain Castles Darling Groovy

Author:Jimi Hendrix

“Making my way downtown, walking fast, faces pass, and I'm home bound. Staring blankly ahead, just making my way, making a way, through the crowd. And I need you, and I miss you, and now I wonder... If I could fall, into the sky. do you think time, would pass me by? 'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles, if I could, just see you tonight.”

“There is travel and there are babies; everything else is drudgery and death.”

Baby Travel Drudgery

Author:Dave Eggers

“The Sierra, a region so quiet and pristine that we have the sense of being the first human beings ever to set foot in it. We fall silent ourselves in its midst, as if conversation in a place of such primeval solitude would be like talking in church.”

Ifs Firsts Humans Would Be Fall Church Human Beings Talking Feet Solitude Quiet Conversation Travel Silent Regions Midst Sierra Pristine Primeval

Book:The Wild Girl: The Notebooks of Ned Giles, 1932

Source: The Wild Girl: The Notebooks of Ned Giles, 1932

“I know all we're doing is travelling without moving. Speed freak faster than a speedin' bullet, slow down. If I don't, I might just lose it, locked up. You've got me honey, locked up under heavy brakin', yeah. You know I've got to hang on, drive too fast, I might be last.”

Ifs Knows Might Lasts Moving Loses Travel Yeah Heavy Speed Faster Honey Freak Locked Bullets Slow Down Locked Up

Author:Jay Kay

“Those horses must have been Spanish jennets, born of mares mated with a zephyr; for they went as swiftly as the wind, and the moon, which had risen at our departure to give us light, rolled through the sky like a wheel detached from its carriage.”

Giving Has Beens Light Born Sky Wind Moon Travel Horse Wheels Risen Departure Detached Carriages Mares Zephyr

Author:Theophile Gautier

“Look at that wonderful moonlight. It makes me long for the time when I can return home.”

Looks Long I Can Home Wonderful Return Travel Moonlight

Book:Journey to the West: The Monkey King's Amazing Adventures

Source: Journey to the West: The Monkey King's Amazing Adventures

Quote by Tahir Shah

Author

You May Also Like