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“...the holy men sat in an atmosphere
reeking of antiquity, so thick with the
dust of ages that you can't see through it
--nor can they.”
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reeking of antiquity, so thick with the
dust of ages that you can't see through it
--nor can they.”
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“There is a certain fine simplicity in a landscape from which the element of water, with all the varied life it brings in it murmuring train, is entirely absent.”
― Persian Pictures: From the Mountains to the Sea
― Persian Pictures: From the Mountains to the Sea
“...but while you are wondering whether she be angel or devil, she is gone.”
― Persian Pictures: From the Mountains to the Sea
― Persian Pictures: From the Mountains to the Sea
“Sunshine - sunshine! tedious, changeless, monotonous. Not that discreet English Sunshine which varies its charm with clouds, with rainbows, with golden mist... here the sun has ceased trying to please so venerable a world.”
― Persian Pictures: From the Mountains to the Sea
― Persian Pictures: From the Mountains to the Sea
“Für alle, die in einer komplizierten gesellschaftlichen Ordnung aufgewachsen sind, gibt es keinen berauschenderen Augenblick als den Beginn einer wilden Reise. Das Gartentor wird aufgestoßen und siehe da! Die unermessliche Welt.”
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