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House of the Tiger King: The Quest for a Lost City
Tahir Shah
Top 10 Best Quotes
“The forest did not tolerate frailty of body or mind. Show your weakness, and it would consume you without hesitation.”
“On a hard jungle journey nothing is so important as having a team you can trust.”
“Through a strange kind of geographic arrogance, Europeans like to think that the world was a silent, dark, unknown place until they trooped out and discovered it.”
“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.”
“Searching for a lost city is a particularly European obsession.”
“Previous journeys had taught me the danger of taking too much stuff.”
“As the head of an expedition, you can't pussyfoot around being polite to everyone. You have to show your teeth once in a while; a little growling goes a long way.”
“On a harsh expedition, there's no space for anyone who does not intend to finish.”
“There are two ways to find a lost city. The first is to rely on luck alone, the second is to control all the information.”
“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.”
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