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Regretfully, however, I realize that the maps I made helped others, with more material aims, to visit and corrupt a people whose spirit once lit the desert like a flame.

— Wilfred Thesiger Arabian Sands (1959)

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Once again I experienced the longing to share this life, and to be more than a mere spectator.

The Marsh Arabs (1964)

Now that the Arabs are among the economic masters of the world I fear that many will find unendurable the boredome of their wealth.

Desert, Marsh and Mountain (1979)

To me it is always the people rather than the places that matter.

Desert, Marsh and Mountain (1979)

I craved for the past, resented the present, and dreaded the future.

Arabian Sands (1959)

Personally, I would forgo any other comfort to drink clean water.

The Life Of My Choice (1987)

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