“That still did not invalidate their purity in his eyes, so long as they continued to live the way they lived: sitting on the floor, eating with their fingers, cooking and sleeping first in one room, then in another, or in the vast patio with its fountains, or on the roof, leading the existence of nomads inside the beautiful shell which was the house. If he had felt that they were capable of discarding their utter preoccupation with the present, in order to consider the time not yet arrived, he would straightway have lost interest in them and condemned them as corrupt.” BeautifulFuturePresentCorruptMoroccoCondemnNomadsNazareneMoslemUncorruptedUnspoiledFrench Colonial Book:The Spider's House Source: The Spider's House
“To the unspoiled, even a snikebite is a loving kiss. But to the spoiled even a loving kiss is a snake bite.” LoveKissSnakeUnspoiled Book:The Book of Mirdad: The strange story of a monastery which was once called The Ark Source: The Book of Mirdad: The strange story of a monastery which was once called The Ark
“But you were simple, natural, and affectionate then. You were the most unspoiled creature in the whole world. Now I don't know what has come over you. [...]” Oscar WildeBasilDorianUnspoiled Author:Oscar Wilde