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81 " At the dealership, I pulled out the sieve and toyed with it threateningly. When the salesman was ready for me, I held it up, told him I was not a tourist and demanded a large discount. "
― Tahir Shah , In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
82 " A journey, I reflected, is of no merit unless it has tested you. "
― Tahir Shah , In Search of King Solomon's Mines
83 " 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? "
84 " The first rule of an expedition is that everyone should stick together. "
85 " A man who embarks on a journey must know when to end it. "
― Tahir Shah , House of the Tiger King: The Quest for a Lost City
86 " Previous journeys had taught me the danger of taking too much stuff. "
87 " 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
88 " There's nothing quite like a good quest for getting your blood pumping. "
89 " As far as Samson was concerned I was just another foreigner in pursuit of a lunatic quest. "
90 " The only thing they valued higher than ammunition were Man United footballs. "
91 " In India everything has a use and a value. "
― Tahir Shah , Beyond The Devil's Teeth
92 " Stories are a communal currency of humanity. "
93 " My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments of truth and fantasy. He didn't need to -- because, given the right conditions, the stories activated, sowing themselves. "
94 " Respect was one thing. Survival was another. It was important that I kept my priorities in the right order. "
― Tahir Shah , Sorcerer's Apprentice
95 " But in Africa bureaucrats are usually too proud to accept a bribe, something I admire when I'm not the one being arrested. "
96 " The Occident has never found it easy to grasp the strange netherworld of spirits that followers of Islam universally believe exist in a realm overlaid our own. "
― Tahir Shah , Travels With Myself
97 " Venture to a remote corner of a faraway land and, from the moment you get there, every person and every thing becomes an obstacle, designed to entrap you, to stop you proceeding on your way. "
98 " The taste for glory can make ordinary men behave in extraordinary ways. "
99 " An intelligent enemy,' he would say, stroking his beard as if it were a bristly pet, 'rather than a foolish friend.' Or, 'He learnt the language of pigeons, and forgot his own.' Or, the favourite of Jan Fishan Khan: 'Nothing is what it seems. "
100 " With an enthusiastic team you can achieve almost anything. "