“In the time between the two wars, a British colonial officer said that with the invention of the airplane the world has no secrets left. However, he said, there is one last mystery. There is a large country on the Roof of the World, where strange things happen. There are monks who have the ability to separate mind from body, shamans and oracles who make government decisions, and a God-King who lives in a skyscraper-like palace in the Forbidden City of Llhasa.”
― Seven Years in Tibet
― Seven Years in Tibet
“All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.”
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“There are times when visible poverty has its advantages.”
― Seven Years in Tibet
― Seven Years in Tibet
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