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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.

Don’t waste your life following others! Be individual! Live your dreams!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Close your senses and the imagination comes alive. It’s inside us all, dulled by endless television reruns and by a society that reins in fantasy as something not to be trusted, something to be purged. But it’s in there, deep inside, a spark waiting to set a touch-paper alight.

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.

The pursuit of illusion is not about studying for prizes, or for study’s sake. There’s no right or wrong, no pass or fail.

Lured by the wilderness, and by the chance of spotting rare desert elephants, a few intrepid tourists make their way to the Skeleton Coast each year. It’s just about as remote as any tourist destination on earth, but one that pays fabulous dividends.

For me, nature is something you watch on the Discovery Channel, or on the evening news – as you learn how much more of it’s been savaged to make way for the Blackberry realm that is my home.

There’s nothing like a pack of mules to give one a sense of entourage.

To be selfless, you would give charity anonymously, walj softly on the earth, and look out for others-even total strangers-before you look out for yourself. For the Arab mind, the self is an obstacle, an impediment, in humanity’s quest foe real progress.

There’s nothing quite like a good quest for getting your blood pumping.

Stories are not like the real world; they aren’t held back by what we know is false or true. What’s important is how a story makes you feel inside.

On a harsh expedition, there’s no space for anyone who does not intend to finish.

Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles.

As a travel writer I’ve specialized in gritty, fearful destinations, the kind of places that make a reader’s hair stick on end.

Through bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity.

Two reeds drink from the same stream. One is hollow, the other is sugarcane. – MOROCCAN PROVERB.

Calcutta’s the only city I know where you are actively encouraged to stop strangers at random for a quick chat.

To Succeed, you must reach for the stars, and let your imagination find its own path.

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.

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As the man was bundled into an armoured police van, he turned and shouted: ‘Don’t waste your life following others! Be individual! Live your dreams!’I stood there thinking. He was right. Ours is a society of followers, trapped by an island mentality.

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Two reeds drink from the same stream. One is hollow, the other is sugarcane. —MOROCCAN PROVERB

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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.

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

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I am all for curses and superstition, but there's a point at which they start getting in the way. That point had arrived.

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As far as Samson was concerned I was just another foreigner in pursuit of a lunatic quest.

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When I am about to embark on a difficult journey, I comfort myself by reading the accounts of the great nineteenth-century travellers, men like Stanley, Burton, Speke, Burckhardt and Barth.

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The first few hours in the cell were quite stimulating. I'd never been in a prison cell before and was quite enjoying the experience.

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I had learned years ago never to give original documents to anyone if I could help it.

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None of them seemed to mind sliding around in the faeces and choking in the smoke. They were determined not to miss the opportunity of watching a foreigner make a fool of himself.

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In any case, a little danger is a small price to pay for ridding a place of tourists.

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I'm a fool, that I should simply trick the tourists like everyone else. after all, most of them will never come back. and what are tourists for but for tricking?

In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams Quotes

You have no idea. when you're a salesman here in Marrakech medima, lying is the first thing you learn. generation after generation, they pass it on. its the secret ingredient the foundationfor a salesman's success. lie well and you make a fortune every day. your wife purrs like a kitten, and your children ealk tall with pride.

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Back at the guest house I tried to acclimatise. A travel-worn adventurer had once told me that leaning with one's head dangling over the end of a bed was the best way to achieve this. It was while I was in this position, the blood rushing to my temples, that the door swung open.

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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.

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I struggled to think pure thoughts, as Hector sucked out my psyche with his eyes.

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The inertia of a jungle village is a dangerous thing. Before you know it your whole life has slipped by and you are still waiting there.

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The last thing we wanted was for the Machiguenga to be sad again. Sadness appeared to bring out their violence.

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It is almost impossible to overemphasize the importance with which ancestry is held in the Middle East and North Africa.

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In Morocco," said Osman, "word spreads like a fire tearing through the depths of Hell.

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Moroccan traffic isn't like normal traffic. It's armed combat, a war of wills, in which only the very bravest have a chance to survive.

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Explorers like to pretend that they are a select breed of people with iron nerve and an ability to endure terrible hardship.

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In Morocco, before you even get to the matter of the sale, you have to coax the owner to sell.

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We may yearn for rustic detail and old-world charm, but those who have it set their minds on vinyl wallpaper, fitted carpets and all mod cons.

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

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I felt sure we could gain the upper hand by putting ourselves in the mindset of the Incas.

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Experience has taught me the power of trophies. You may have every knick-knack and useless contraption ever devised, but while they weigh you down, a simple trophy can go a long, long way.

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