Tahir Shah

Death Quotes

I was no longer troubled when he pulled out a machete in a crowded bar, tried to pick up schoolgirls, or threatened to scalp us, then rip off our heads and scoop out our brains. -
Tahir Shah
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Death Quotes

In the world of the Machiguenga, sadness could be equated with anger, and anger was a perilous emotion, by which a foreigner could lose his life. -
Tahir Shah

Success Quotes

Previous journeys in search of treasure have taught me that a zigzag strategy is the best way to get ahead. -
Tahir Shah
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Success Quotes

The quest for a lost city erodes your body, damaging you beyond all reason. But it is your mind that bears the heaviest toll. Listen to the doubters, the worriers and the weak, and the vaguest hope of success evaporates. -
Tahir Shah

Death Quotes

There comes a stage at which a man would rather die cleanly by a bullet than by the unknown terror of the phantom in the forest. -
Tahir Shah
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