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Freya Stark Quotes

One is so apt to think of people’s affection as a fixed quantity, instead of a sort of moving so with the tide, always going out or coming in but still fundamentally there: and I believe this difficulty in making allowance for the tide is the reason for half the broken friendships Picture Quote #1

Words are but drops pressed out of the lives of those who lived them Picture Quote #1

Time is the sea in which men grow, are born, or die Picture Quote #1

Who dares to be intellectual in the presence of death? Picture Quote #1

I think that the worst unpleasantness of age is not its final fact... but the tediousness of preparation, the accumulating number of defeats Picture Quote #1

Monotony is not to be worshipped as a virtue; nor the marriage bed treated as a coffin for security rather than a couch from which to rise refreshed Picture Quote #1

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I feel like a divorced wife once my book is published and has left me, and hate to be brought back into intimate contact Picture Quote #1

To feel, and think, and learn - learn always: surely that is being alive and young in the real sense Picture Quote #1

The camel is an ugly animal, seen from above. Its shoulders slope formless like a sack, its silly little ears and fluff of bleached curls behind them have a respectable, boarding-house look, like some faded neatness that dresses for propriety but never dressed for love Picture Quote #1

I do dislike people with Moral Aims. Everyone asks me why I learn Arabic, and when I say I just like it, they looked shocked and incredulous Picture Quote #1

The tourist travels in his own atmosphere like a snail in his shell and stands, as it were, on his own perambulating doorstep to look at the continents of the world. But if you discard all this, and sally forth with a leisurely and blank mind, there is no knowing what may not happen to you Picture Quote #1

Accuracy is the basis of style. Words dress our thoughts and should fit; and should fit not only in their utterances, but in their implications, their sequences, and their silences, just as in architecture the empty spaces are as important as those that are filled Picture Quote #1

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I think that the worst unpleasantness of age is not its final fact ... but the tediousness of preparation, the accumulating number of defeats Picture Quote #1

Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart Picture Quote #1

Conventions are like coins, an easy way of dealing with the commerce of relations Picture Quote #1

Words are the only arteries of thought our poor human body possesses Picture Quote #1

The world has become too full of many things, an over furnished room Picture Quote #1

Risk is the salt and sugar of life Picture Quote #1

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The beckoning counts, and not the clicking of the latch behind you Picture Quote #1

Your real progressives are never fair: they are never sufficiently neutral Picture Quote #1

The only thing for a pacifist to do is to find a substitute for war Picture Quote #1

I dislike being an anvil for the hammering out of other people’s virtues Picture Quote #1

There is generosity in giving, but gentleness in receiving Picture Quote #1

We love those people who give with humility, or who accept with ease Picture Quote #1

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The true fruit of travel is perhaps the feeling of being nearly everywhere at home Picture Quote #1

Tidiness... makes life easier and more agreeable, does harm to no one and actually saves time and trouble to the person who practices it: there must be an ominous flaw to explain why millions of generations continue to reject it Picture Quote #1

From love one can only escape at the price of life itself; and no lessening of sorrow is worth exile from that stream of all things human and divine Picture Quote #1

It is better to be passionate than to be tolerant at the expense of one’s soul Picture Quote #1

It is a lean employment of time to brood on what might have happened along some other turning Picture Quote #1

To awaken quite alone in a strange town, is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world Picture Quote #1

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One is so apt to think of people’s affection as a fixed quantity, instead of a sort of moving so with the tide, always going out or coming in but still fundamentally there: and I believe this difficulty in making allowance for the tide is the reason for half the broken friendships. (Freya Stark Quotes) Words are but drops pressed out of the lives of those who lived them (Freya Stark Quotes) Time is the sea in which men grow, are born, or die (Freya Stark Quotes) Who dares to be intellectual in the presence of death? (Freya Stark Quotes) I think that the worst unpleasantness of age is not its final fact... but the tediousness of preparation, the accumulating number of defeats (Freya Stark Quotes) Monotony is not to be worshipped as a virtue; nor the marriage bed treated as a coffin for security rather than a couch from which to rise refreshed (Freya Stark Quotes) I feel like a divorced wife once my book is published and has left me, and hate to be brought back into intimate contact (Freya Stark Quotes) To feel, and think, and learn - learn always: surely that is being alive and young in the real sense (Freya Stark Quotes) The camel is an ugly animal, seen from above. Its shoulders slope formless like a sack, its silly little ears and fluff of bleached curls behind them have a respectable, boarding-house look, like some faded neatness that dresses for propriety but never dressed for love (Freya Stark Quotes) I do dislike people with Moral Aims. Everyone asks me why I learn Arabic, and when I say I just like it, they looked shocked and incredulous (Freya Stark Quotes) The tourist travels in his own atmosphere like a snail in his shell and stands, as it were, on his own perambulating doorstep to look at the continents of the world. But if you discard all this, and sally forth with a leisurely and blank mind, there is no knowing what may not happen to you (Freya Stark Quotes) Accuracy is the basis of style. Words dress our thoughts and should fit; and should fit not only in their utterances, but in their implications, their sequences, and their silences, just as in architecture the empty spaces are as important as those that are filled (Freya Stark Quotes) I think that the worst unpleasantness of age is not its final fact ... but the tediousness of preparation, the accumulating number of defeats. (Freya Stark Quotes) Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart. (Freya Stark Quotes) Conventions are like coins, an easy way of dealing with the commerce of relations (Freya Stark Quotes) Words are the only arteries of thought our poor human body possesses (Freya Stark Quotes) The world has become too full of many things, an over furnished room (Freya Stark Quotes) Risk is the salt and sugar of life (Freya Stark Quotes) The beckoning counts, and not the clicking of the latch behind you (Freya Stark Quotes) Your real progressives are never fair: they are never sufficiently neutral (Freya Stark Quotes) The only thing for a pacifist to do is to find a substitute for war (Freya Stark Quotes) I dislike being an anvil for the hammering out of other people’s virtues (Freya Stark Quotes) There is generosity in giving, but gentleness in receiving (Freya Stark Quotes) We love those people who give with humility, or who accept with ease (Freya Stark Quotes) The true fruit of travel is perhaps the feeling of being nearly everywhere at home (Freya Stark Quotes) Tidiness... makes life easier and more agreeable, does harm to no one and actually saves time and trouble to the person who practices it: there must be an ominous flaw to explain why millions of generations continue to reject it (Freya Stark Quotes) From love one can only escape at the price of life itself; and no lessening of sorrow is worth exile from that stream of all things human and divine (Freya Stark Quotes) It is better to be passionate than to be tolerant at the expense of one’s soul (Freya Stark Quotes) It is a lean employment of time to brood on what might have happened along some other turning (Freya Stark Quotes) To awaken quite alone in a strange town, is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world (Freya Stark Quotes)

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