What came next was a new experience for for both the fish and me
To be selfless, you would give charity anonymously, walj softly on the earth, and look out for others-even total strangers-before you look out for yourself. For the Arab mind, the self is an obstacle,...
Once in a very long time you come across a book that is far, far more than the ink, the glue and the paper, a book that seeps into your blood.
For me, nature is something you watch on the Discovery Channel, or on the evening news -- as you learn how much more of it's been savaged to make way for the Blackberry realm that is my home
Everyone knows that even the best exorcism has to be renewed once in a while.
As a travel writer I've specialized in gritty, fearful destinations, the kind of places that make a reader's hair stick on end.
To Succeed, you must reach for the stars, and let your imagination find its own path
There is nothing quite as unpleasant as wearing a pair of briefs which have been trailed through a Calcutta courtyard. Nothing, that is, except having one's elbows and knees lacerated by unseen sliver...
The very fact that a Frenchman was prepared, after tow minutes of conversation, to be so friendly towards anyone, especially one who had come from England, made me restless.
I struggled to think pure thoughts, as Hector sucked out my psyche with his eyes.
I felt sure we could gain the upper hand by putting ourselves in the mindset of the Incas.
For my father there was no sharper way to understand a country than by listening to its stories.
A man who embarks on a journey must know when to end it.
Much travel is needed before a raw man is ripened. Arab
At the dealership, I pulled out the sieve and toyed with it threateningly. When the salesman was ready for me, I held it up, told him I was not a tourist and demanded a large discount.
You have no idea. when you're a salesman here in Marrakech medima, lying is the first thing you learn. generation after generation, they pass it on. its the secret ingredient the foundationfor a sales...
We may yearn for rustic detail and old-world charm, but those who have it set their minds on vinyl wallpaper, fitted carpets and all mod cons.
We had the kind of conversations that only great friends can ever share. They were touched with magic.
Nothing was really so important to my father as the achievement of selflessness. He rarely mentioned it directly, but tried to guide us to it in a roundabout way.
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments of truth and fantasy. He didn't need to -- because, given the right conditions, t...