There were twelve dishes of lamb cooked in different rich sauces, with a monster bowl of strange oddments, which I imagine also belonged to the private life of a sheep, floating in rich gravy.

The perfect journey is never finished, the goal is always just across the next river, round the shoulder of the next mountain. There is always one more track to follow, one more mirage to explore.

it is a curious fact that camels walk more quickly and straighter to the sound of singing.

It is true there is a scent in the desert, though there may be no flower or tree or blade of grass within miles. It is the essence of the untrodden, untarnished earth herself!

The desert has a subtle and a cruel charm. She destroys while she enthralls.

That is the charm of the map. It represents the other side of the horizon where everything is possible.

The laws all true wanderers obey are these: 'Thou shalt not eat nor drink more than thy share,' 'Thou shalt not lie about the places thou hast visited or the distances thou hast traversed.

The red sands of Marrakesh, sprawling at the foot of the Atlas like a wounded Leviathan.

the camels had strayed far in search of scarce grass. When collected, they displayed a fiendish ingenuity in throwing their loads and tangling themselves up in every possible strap.

The red sands of Marrakesh, sprawling at the foot of the Atlas like a wounded Leviathan....

Footsteps of success,    are trailed by fading footprints,      of failures past..

May you find help when you need it most.

I don't believe in writing anything that I don't know about or haven't researched about personally. I like to transport the reader to places, and in order to do that I have to do the research.

God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer.

Rolen's the perfect baseball player. It's his tenacity, his preparation, the way he plays. He tries to do everything fundamentally sound. And he puts the team team first-there's no fanfare with him.

They say that love and tears are learned without any master; and I may say that there is no great need of studying at the court to learn envy and revenge.

Speak no evil of women; I tell thee the meanest of them deserves respect; for of women do we not all come?

Big Bang is what made me who I am today. With them, I laugh the most, and I feel like I can achieve things

It was Shakespeare's notion that on this day birds begin to couple; hence probably arose the custom of sending fancy love-billets.