Michael Dirda
For years, I meant to read 'Arabian Sands', Wilfred Thesiger's account of two punishing camel journeys during the late 1940s across Southern Arabia's Empty Quarter. Now that I have, I can sheepishly join the chorus of those who revere the book as one of the half dozen greatest works of modern English travel writing.
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I think the first duty of society is justice...Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard...People are always going to go shopping...Good artists copy, great artists steal...From the solemn gloom of the temple children...You're on earth. There's no cure for that...
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