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He who has a mind to fight, let him fight, for now is the time. — Anacreon

This? I thought, after a twenty-year civil war: This? Armageddon I expected; but Armani I did not. — William Dalrymple

For me they go hand in hand. When I travel it makes me want to write, when I read it makes me want to travel. — William Dalrymple

On the road, as in many other aspects of Indian life, Might is Right. — William Dalrymple

But the ifs of history: if Cleopatra's nose had been one inch longer,' he said, 'would Antony have lost the battle of Actium? — William Dalrymple

If it's the last time, let me wrap my love around you. Let me lose you like I found you. — Agnetha Faltskog

Nothing great could ever be achieved, without personal force, determined spirit and self-confidence. — Lailah Gifty Akita

What matters it, O breeze, If now has come the spring When I have lost them both The garden and my nest? — William Dalrymple

the Kauravas and the Pandavas turned from demi-gods into cave men, the great war reduced to a tribal feud fought with sticks and stones. — William Dalrymple

The Tughluks have gone; Tughlukabad is a ruin; only Nizamuddin remains. — William Dalrymple

Finally, at two minutes to three, in the sweltering heat of a Mesopotamian summer afternoon, I crossed the no-man's land into Syria. — William Dalrymple

Cities must be fun. — James Rouse

Don't quit. It will happen one day. — Chetan Bhagat

Delhi was once a paradise, Where Love held sway and reigned; But its charm lies ravished now And only ruins remain. No — William Dalrymple

William Dalrymple called me a war junkie in his silly book. No, I don't have a desire for it. I'm appalled and infuriated by it. — Robert Fisk

I didn't start skiing until I was 50. My wife Lois taught me how to ski. I'm proficiently conservative. — Buzz Aldrin

When I knew what I had to do / I took all my notebooks, all my manuscripts / and ate them page by page / so I could take my words with me — Nicole Blackman

William Dalrymple has superseded Mark Tully as the voice of India ... He may well be the greatest travel writer of his generation. — Robert Twigger

Mitzvah" is Hebrew for "colossal pain in the ass. — Jesse Andrews

Travels in the Mogul Empire and Manucci's Mogul India. — William Dalrymple

India has always had a strange way with her conquerors. In defeat, she beckons them in, then slowly seduces, assimilates and transforms them. — William Dalrymple

And the least stupid, fleeing the herd where fate has penned them fast, take refuge in the wards of opium, so much for what is news around the world. — Charles Baudelaire

There was that all-pervasive evening scent of cut grass and jasmine. — William Dalrymple

For all its faults we love this city.' Then, after a pause, she added: 'After all, we built it. — William Dalrymple

Nietzsche is at the base of you all. Within you God is dead, only the ego is alive. And remember, they cannot both exist together. — Osho

You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity. — Kirk Douglas

...when one is alone it is impossible to be dead. — Adolfo Bioy Casares

I have made sense of my life by developing an ability to analyze Mainstream American Cultural Artifacts. — George W. S. Trow

While I am flattered about the speculation of being enticed out of retirement, I'm happy with life as a bad golfer! — Chipper Jones