30 quotes found
“... how could Britain operate in India for 300 years and take so little back from it in terms of understanding?”
“In Nepal, the quality of conversation is much more important than accuracy of the content. Maybe we get overexcited about information in England?”
“when the press and problems of humanity become too much, I love to escape into books, where people are served up in digestible portions and can be pushed to one side when one is satiated.”
“I reckon that blaming people fixes nothing. You're the only person who is going to sort you out. No-one else really can - or really cares, enough. That's what Nepalis know - better than anyone. Tha...”
“Most moderately active children – as long as they have full stomachs – cope well with exotic experiences, but parents should get fit for their trip. Young children will expect their parents to be A...”
“On life’s journey, every person met, every place, every new word, language, scent & sound changes the traveller a little: forms who they are and whom they become”
“… everything was fresh, green and particularly beautiful. Afternoon light, filtering between remnants of monsoon clouds, picked out gullies and spot-lit patches of forest and scrub on the convolute...”
“The Chinese say that there is no scenery in your home town. They’re right. Being in another place heightens the senses, allows you to see more, enjoy more, take delight in small things; it makes li...”
“getting angry and harbouring bitterness doesn’t help anybody, least of all the angry bitter person.”
“no-one would want to go through a traumatic experience but when you’ve survived something life-shattering and risen above it, you achieve a kind of serenity.”
