That odd idea that one person can go to a foreign part and in this rather odd voice describe it to the folks back home doesn't make much sense in the post-colonial world.
The good Lord in his ultimate wisdom gave us three things to make life bearable: hope, jokes, and dogs, but the greatest of these was dogs. - Robyn Davidson
The good Lord in his ultimate wisdom gave us three things to make life bearable: hope, jokes, and dogs, but the greatest of these was dogs.
- Robyn Davidson
And there are new kinds of nomads, not people who are at home everywhere, but who are at home nowhere. I was one of them - Robyn Davidson
And there are new kinds of nomads, not people who are at home everywhere, but who are at home nowhere. I was one of them
The most difficult part of any endeavour is taking the first step, making the first decision. - Robyn Davidson
The most difficult part of any endeavour is taking the first step, making the first decision.
Real travel would be to see the world, for even an instant, with another's eyes - Robyn Davidson
Real travel would be to see the world, for even an instant, with another's eyes
By now I was utterly deprogrammed. I walked along naked usually, clothes being not only putrid but unnecessary. My skin had been baked a deep terra-c… - Robyn Davidson
By now I was utterly deprogrammed. I walked along naked usually, clothes being not only putrid but unnecessary. My skin had been baked a deep terra-c…
I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there's no going back. - Robyn Davidson
I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there's no going back.
I believe that the subconscious always knows what is best. It is our conditional, vastly overrated rational mind which screws everything up. - Robyn Davidson
I believe that the subconscious always knows what is best. It is our conditional, vastly overrated rational mind which screws everything up.
The two things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is … - Robyn Davidson
The two things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is …
To be free one needs constant and unrelenting vigilance over one's weaknesses. A vigilance which requires a moral energy most of us are incapable of … - Robyn Davidson
To be free one needs constant and unrelenting vigilance over one's weaknesses. A vigilance which requires a moral energy most of us are incapable of …
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