Quotes by : Wilfred Thesiger

No man can live this life and emerge unchanged. He will carry, however faint, the imprint of the desert,....

In the desert I had found a freedom unattainable in civilization; a life unhampered by possessions, since....

The meat smelt rank and was very tough, the soup was greasy and of a curious flavour, but it was a wonderful....

For me, exploration was a personal venture. I did not go to the Arabian desert to collect plants nor....