“For this was the real desert where differences of race and colour, of wealth and social standing, are almost meaningless; where coverings of pretence are stripped away and basic truths emerge.”

— Wilfred Thesiger , book Arabian Sands

Source: Arabian Sands (1959), p. 21.

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“Plan F, we follow Plan F, right now.
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“Where is my dwelling place? Where I can never stand. Where is my final goal, toward which I should ascend?
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“Adrian looked away from me and down to where my hand covered his. I blushed and pulled away. “Sorry” I’d probably freaked him out”

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“Where I stand doesn't depend on where I'm standing.”

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The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

“For this was the real desert where differences of race and colour, of wealth and social standing, are almost meaningless; where coverings of pretence are stripped away and basic truths emerge.”

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