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Tahir Shah Quote: “The rain of Madre de Dios is similar to that of the Amazon, but there is a petrifying aspect to it, as if it seeks to wound rather than to nurture.”

51. “The rain of Madre de Dios is similar to that of the Amazon, but there is a petrifying aspect to it, as if it seeks to wound rather than to nurture.”

Tahir Shah Quote: “Respect was one thing. Survival was another. It was important that I kept my priorities in the right order.”

52. “Respect was one thing. Survival was another. It was important that I kept my priorities in the right order.”

Tahir Shah Quote: “I was no longer troubled when he pulled out a machete in a crowded bar, tried to pick up schoolgirls, or threatened to scalp us, then rip off our heads and scoop out our brains.”

53. “I was no longer troubled when he pulled out a machete in a crowded bar, tried to pick up schoolgirls, or threatened to scalp us, then rip off our heads and scoop out our brains.”

Tahir Shah Quote: “If hot food is they key to maintaining an expedition’s stamina, then low grade gut-rot alcohol is the key to sustaining its sense of pleasure.”

54. “If hot food is they key to maintaining an expedition’s stamina, then low grade gut-rot alcohol is the key to sustaining its sense of pleasure.”

Tahir Shah Quote: “Because there is no challenge, there is no reason to work hard. And with no reason to work hard, we all have become lazy. Lazy people are like cancer. They spread. Before you know it, the entire country is destroyed.”

55. “Because there is no challenge, there is no reason to work hard. And with no reason to work hard, we all have become lazy. Lazy people are like cancer. They spread. Before you know it, the entire country is destroyed.”

Tahir Shah Quote: “Osman and Prideep had been in my employment for some weeks. Every Friday I would take the to lunch. It was the high point of their calender. During the meal I would harangue them as a reminder of what they had been hired for: but my orations never seemed to increase their output. I realised later that, in the East, a commitment to produce does not automatically accompany employment.”

56. “Osman and Prideep had been in my employment for some weeks. Every Friday I would take the to lunch. It was the high point of their calender. During the meal I would harangue them as a reminder of what they had been hired for: but my orations never seemed to increase their output. I realised later that, in the East, a commitment to produce does not automatically accompany employment.”

Tahir Shah Quote: “Don’t waste your life following others! Be individual! Live your dreams!”

57. “Don’t waste your life following others! Be individual! Live your dreams!”

Tahir Shah Quote: “Previous journeys had taught me the danger of taking too much stuff.”

58. “Previous journeys had taught me the danger of taking too much stuff.”

Tahir Shah Quote: “A cross between a foreign legion boot-camp and a secret-society initiation ritual, the ordeals were grounded in pain. One thing was obvious: the agenda, which was dedicated to grave discomfort, had been drawn up by a passionate sadist.”

59. “A cross between a foreign legion boot-camp and a secret-society initiation ritual, the ordeals were grounded in pain. One thing was obvious: the agenda, which was dedicated to grave discomfort, had been drawn up by a passionate sadist.”

Tahir Shah Quote: “Spend sixteen weeks in the jungle and you being to question your own sanity, especially when you are the one goading everyone else ahead.”

60. “Spend sixteen weeks in the jungle and you being to question your own sanity, especially when you are the one goading everyone else ahead.”

Tahir Shah Quote: “Most journeys have a clear beginning, but on some the ending is less well-defined. The question is, at what point do you bite your lip and head for home?”

61. “Most journeys have a clear beginning, but on some the ending is less well-defined. The question is, at what point do you bite your lip and head for home?”

Tahir Shah Quote: “In some peculiar way, indeed, the rules were now beginning to seem quite logical. It was then I knew that I had been in India long enough.”

62. “In some peculiar way, indeed, the rules were now beginning to seem quite logical. It was then I knew that I had been in India long enough.”

Tahir Shah Quote: “Returning to a city that one has known and loved fills you with a delicious sense of warmth.”

63. “Returning to a city that one has known and loved fills you with a delicious sense of warmth.”

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

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

Tahir Shah Quote: “Andrew Cairns has written, quite literally, a bewitching novel, one that speaks to an underbelly which lies dormant in us all. The Witch’s List bridges our world of convention, with that of a fabulous Twlilight Zone, what may be true reality – a realm of magic and ultimate possibility. I recommend this book because, behind the smokescreen of simplicity, there lies a masked bedrock of extraordinary power.”

65. “Andrew Cairns has written, quite literally, a bewitching novel, one that speaks to an underbelly which lies dormant in us all. The Witch’s List bridges our world of convention, with that of a fabulous Twlilight Zone, what may be true reality – a realm of magic and ultimate possibility. I recommend this book because, behind the smokescreen of simplicity, there lies a masked bedrock of extraordinary power.”

Tahir Shah Quote: “Searching for a lost city is a particularly European obsession.”

66. “Searching for a lost city is a particularly European obsession.”

Tahir Shah Quote: “Normally I would have been the first to go in search of cannibal monks, particularly as I had heard of a similar tradition at a nunnery in the Philippines. It’s the sort of quest I can’t resist.”

67. “Normally I would have been the first to go in search of cannibal monks, particularly as I had heard of a similar tradition at a nunnery in the Philippines. It’s the sort of quest I can’t resist.”

Tahir Shah Quote: “In India an explanation is often more confusing than what prompted it.”

68. “In India an explanation is often more confusing than what prompted it.”

Tahir Shah Quote: “My journey to the land of the Shuar tribe had taught me the importance of practical gifts.”

69. “My journey to the land of the Shuar tribe had taught me the importance of practical gifts.”

Tahir Shah Quote: “Where does one go in a tremendous city like Calcutta to find insider information? I recalled India’s golden rule: do the opposite of what would be normal anywhere else.”

70. “Where does one go in a tremendous city like Calcutta to find insider information? I recalled India’s golden rule: do the opposite of what would be normal anywhere else.”

Tahir Shah Quote: “Morocco, the lack of safety was an energizing force, but at the same time it was a constant concern. I had seen more accidents than I could count: car wrecks with people half dead lying on the ground, building sites where workmen had tumbled from scaffolding, children maimed by fireworks on a Sunday afternoon. For the first time in my life I became completely alert. In the West, you can drift from day to day in the knowledge that the society will protect you and your children.”

71. “Morocco, the lack of safety was an energizing force, but at the same time it was a constant concern. I had seen more accidents than I could count: car wrecks with people half dead lying on the ground, building sites where workmen had tumbled from scaffolding, children maimed by fireworks on a Sunday afternoon. For the first time in my life I became completely alert. In the West, you can drift from day to day in the knowledge that the society will protect you and your children.”

Tahir Shah Quote: “There is nothing quite as unpleasant as wearing a pair of briefs which have been trailed through a Calcutta courtyard. Nothing, that is, except having one’s elbows and knees lacerated by unseen slivers of glass and discarded razor blades.”

72. “There is nothing quite as unpleasant as wearing a pair of briefs which have been trailed through a Calcutta courtyard. Nothing, that is, except having one’s elbows and knees lacerated by unseen slivers of glass and discarded razor blades.”

Tahir Shah Quote: “In India everything has a use and a value.”

73. “In India everything has a use and a value.”

Tahir Shah Quote: “The very fact that a Frenchman was prepared, after two minutes of conversation, to be so friendly towards anyone, especially one who had come from England, made me restless.”

74. “The very fact that a Frenchman was prepared, after two minutes of conversation, to be so friendly towards anyone, especially one who had come from England, made me restless.”

Tahir Shah Quote: “The Berbers believe that when people are born, they are born with a story inside them, locked in their heart. It looks after them, protects them.” Dr. Mehdi flicked the hood of his jelaba down onto his neck and sipped his coffee. “Their task is to search for their.”

75. “The Berbers believe that when people are born, they are born with a story inside them, locked in their heart. It looks after them, protects them.” Dr. Mehdi flicked the hood of his jelaba down onto his neck and sipped his coffee. “Their task is to search for their.”

Tahir Shah Quote: “Much travel is needed before a raw man is ripened. Arab.”

76. “Much travel is needed before a raw man is ripened. Arab.”

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