“To have a home, a family, a property or a public function, to have a definite means of livelihood and to be a useful cog in the social machine, all these things seem necessary, even indispensable, to the vast majority of men, including intellectuals, and including even those who think of themselves as wholly liberated. And yet such things are only a different form of slavery that comes of contact with others, especially regulated and continued contact.”
Quote by Isabelle Eberhardt
Author
Isabelle Eberhardt
Isabelle Eberhardt was a Swiss writer known for her descriptions of desert life in North Africa. Born on February 17, 1877, she passed away on October 21, 1904. Eberhardt spent most of her adult life in North Africa, where she deeply engaged with the local culture and even converted to Islam. more
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