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Robyn Davidson quotes: Some of the best conversations I've had are sitting around a camp fire.

Some of the best conversations I've had are sitting around a camp fire.

Robyn Davidson quotes: I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there's no going back.

I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there's no going back.

Robyn Davidson quotes: The romantic view would be that nomads are wonderful people, better than us; they care about the environment.

The romantic view would be that nomads are wonderful people, better than us; they care about the environment.

Robyn Davidson quotes: I had learnt to use my fears as stepping stones rather than stumbling blocks,

I had learnt to use my fears as stepping stones rather than stumbling blocks,

Robyn Davidson quotes: You apply the skills you use to produce your own book to make an anthology. Shaping. Rhythm.

You apply the skills you use to produce your own book to make an anthology. Shaping. Rhythm.

Robyn Davidson quotes: I had to learn how to be cheerful in the face of adversity

I had to learn how to be cheerful in the face of adversity

Robyn Davidson quotes: And so I pushed it all down into the dim recesses of my mind, there to fester and grow like botulism.

And so I pushed it all down into the dim recesses of my mind, there to fester and grow like botulism.

Robyn Davidson quotes: Camels are wonderful animals. Witty, intelligent and sensitive.

Camels are wonderful animals. Witty, intelligent and sensitive.

Robyn Davidson quotes: If you are fragmented and uncertain, it is terrifying to find the boundaries of yourself melt.

If you are fragmented and uncertain, it is terrifying to find the boundaries of yourself melt.

Robyn Davidson quotes: I try to factor solitude into my life because more and more, that's becoming a very precious and rare commodity.

I try to factor solitude into my life because more and more, that's becoming a very precious and rare commodity.

Robyn Davidson quotes: I am very lucky: not very many writers can say they genuinely like the film of their book. However, I do.

I am very lucky: not very many writers can say they genuinely like the film of their book. However, I do.

Robyn Davidson quotes: When I was young, I thought I wouldn't be a good mother. Now I think I would be, but I'm too long in the tooth.

When I was young, I thought I wouldn't be a good mother. Now I think I would be, but I'm too long in the tooth.

Robyn Davidson quotes: By taking to the road, we free ourselves of baggage, both physical and psychological. We walk back to our original condition, to our best selves.

By taking to the road, we free ourselves of baggage, both physical and psychological. We walk back to our original condition, to our best selves.

Robyn Davidson quotes: Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Find out what you're capable of.

Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Find out what you're capable of.

Robyn Davidson quotes: I've chosen difficult men. But then I'm sure they'd say they'd chosen a difficult woman.

I've chosen difficult men. But then I'm sure they'd say they'd chosen a difficult woman.

Robyn Davidson quotes: Camels are still trained in Alice Springs for tourist jaunts and for occasional sale to Australia's zoos.

Camels are still trained in Alice Springs for tourist jaunts and for occasional sale to Australia's zoos.

Robyn Davidson quotes: At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs.

At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs.

Robyn Davidson quotes: I kept getting the odd sensation that I was in fact perfectly stationary, and that I was pushing the world around under my feet.

I kept getting the odd sensation that I was in fact perfectly stationary, and that I was pushing the world around under my feet.

Robyn Davidson quotes: I just don't see myself as a travel writer. I can't. I don't.

I just don't see myself as a travel writer. I can't. I don't.

Robyn Davidson quotes: There are worse things than being called 'the camel lady,' I suppose.

There are worse things than being called 'the camel lady,' I suppose.

Robyn Davidson quotes: I do believe that the genre reached its peak before the First World War.

I do believe that the genre reached its peak before the First World War.

Robyn Davidson quotes: Much of the time I'm an introvert, by choice spending a lot of time on my own. I suppose liking my solitude is part of a writer's sensibility.

Much of the time I'm an introvert, by choice spending a lot of time on my own. I suppose liking my solitude is part of a writer's sensibility.

Robyn Davidson quotes: As we've lost this idea of pilgrimage, we've lost this idea of human beings walking for a very, very long time. It does change you.

As we've lost this idea of pilgrimage, we've lost this idea of human beings walking for a very, very long time. It does change you.

Robyn Davidson quotes: The idea of finding things out, I hope that will stay with me until I drop.

The idea of finding things out, I hope that will stay with me until I drop.

Robyn Davidson quotes: You really can expand the boundaries of your life and do risky things and prove yourself by doing them.

You really can expand the boundaries of your life and do risky things and prove yourself by doing them.

Robyn Davidson quotes: My thoughts can sometimes be spurred by what I read, but my reading is extremely eclectic.

My thoughts can sometimes be spurred by what I read, but my reading is extremely eclectic.

Robyn Davidson quotes: I love the desert and its incomparable sense of space.

I love the desert and its incomparable sense of space.

Robyn Davidson quotes: I think people are frightened by different things, so I don't see myself as particularly courageous.

I think people are frightened by different things, so I don't see myself as particularly courageous.

Robyn Davidson quotes: After thirty years of being 'the camel lady,' believe me: One becomes inured to the spotlight.

After thirty years of being 'the camel lady,' believe me: One becomes inured to the spotlight.

Robyn Davidson quotes: The truth is I'm not really interested in travel writing as it's generally conceived, and even less so in female travel writing.

The truth is I'm not really interested in travel writing as it's generally conceived, and even less so in female travel writing.

Robyn Davidson quotes: Thank God for being a writer, because you do sort of find out what you think by the process of writing.

Thank God for being a writer, because you do sort of find out what you think by the process of writing.

Robyn Davidson quotes: It is better to proceed with one's duty in the service of others than wallow in the pain attachments bring

It is better to proceed with one's duty in the service of others than wallow in the pain attachments bring

Robyn Davidson quotes: I don't want to be bored; I don't want to be with someone I don't respect.

I don't want to be bored; I don't want to be with someone I don't respect.

Robyn Davidson quotes: I had been sick of carrying around the self-indulgent negativity which was so much the malaise of my generation, my sex and my class.

I had been sick of carrying around the self-indulgent negativity which was so much the malaise of my generation, my sex and my class.

Robyn Davidson quotes: I'd always loved writing, in the same way that I'd loved painting. I wouldn't have seen it as a career.

I'd always loved writing, in the same way that I'd loved painting. I wouldn't have seen it as a career.

Robyn Davidson quotes: Never, never have a famous partner. It's too complicated.

Never, never have a famous partner. It's too complicated.

Robyn Davidson quotes: The desert is natural; when you are out there, you can get in tune with your environment, something you lose when you live in the city.

The desert is natural; when you are out there, you can get in tune with your environment, something you lose when you live in the city.

Robyn Davidson quotes: One continues to learn things in life, then promptly forget them.

One continues to learn things in life, then promptly forget them.

Robyn Davidson quotes: London sort of wore me down. I can't cope with the winters!

London sort of wore me down. I can't cope with the winters!

Robyn Davidson quotes: Life's the adventure. You don't have to drop your bundle and go bush. It's about being brave within the context that you're in.

Life's the adventure. You don't have to drop your bundle and go bush. It's about being brave within the context that you're in.

Robyn Davidson quotes: My own memories are packed tightly away. I very rarely bring them out for viewing.

My own memories are packed tightly away. I very rarely bring them out for viewing.

Robyn Davidson quotes: Some instinct - and I think it was a correct one - led me to do something difficult enough to give my life meaning.

Some instinct - and I think it was a correct one - led me to do something difficult enough to give my life meaning.

Robyn Davidson quotes: As you get older, you do just get tired.

As you get older, you do just get tired.

Robyn Davidson quotes: It is our conditioned, vastly overrated rational mind which screws everything up.

It is our conditioned, vastly overrated rational mind which screws everything up.

Robyn Davidson quotes: I believe the subconscious always knows what is best. It is our conditioned, vastly overrated rational mind which screws everything up. So

I believe the subconscious always knows what is best. It is our conditioned, vastly overrated rational mind which screws everything up. So

Robyn Davidson quotes: Some of us just don't want to be famous ... anonymity cannot be bought for any price, once you have lost it ...

Some of us just don't want to be famous ... anonymity cannot be bought for any price, once you have lost it ...

Robyn Davidson quotes: The discomfort I felt under that moral pressure has stayed with me all my life and made me eternally wary of the blindness of ideological certainty.

The discomfort I felt under that moral pressure has stayed with me all my life and made me eternally wary of the blindness of ideological certainty.

Robyn Davidson quotes: These days I am ruled by doubt, and that is a difficult place to write from.

These days I am ruled by doubt, and that is a difficult place to write from.

Robyn Davidson quotes: When I die, this is the only gold that will go with me. What does one take after death? Just one's good deeds and the love of others.

When I die, this is the only gold that will go with me. What does one take after death? Just one's good deeds and the love of others.

Robyn Davidson quotes: You can trick yourself into doing things by doing it one step at a time and never letting yourself see the overall picture.

You can trick yourself into doing things by doing it one step at a time and never letting yourself see the overall picture.

Robyn Davidson quotes: Of course, in India, I always said, 'Oh yes, I'm married.'

Of course, in India, I always said, 'Oh yes, I'm married.'

Robyn Davidson quotes: Capacity for survival may be the ability to be changed by environment.

Capacity for survival may be the ability to be changed by environment.

Robyn Davidson quotes: Camel trips, as I suspected all along, and as I was about to have confirmed, do not being or end: they mere change form.

Camel trips, as I suspected all along, and as I was about to have confirmed, do not being or end: they mere change form.

Robyn Davidson quotes: I believe when you're stuck in one spot for too long it's best to throw a grenade where you stand, and jump ... and pray.

I believe when you're stuck in one spot for too long it's best to throw a grenade where you stand, and jump ... and pray.

Robyn Davidson quotes: Real travel would be to see the world, for even an instant, with another's eyes

Real travel would be to see the world, for even an instant, with another's eyes

Robyn Davidson quotes: And there are new kinds of nomads, not people who are at home everywhere, but who are at home nowhere. I was one of them

And there are new kinds of nomads, not people who are at home everywhere, but who are at home nowhere. I was one of them

Robyn Davidson quotes: My sense of myself is that I was a rather unformed kind of person trying to make myself up out of bits of spit and string.

My sense of myself is that I was a rather unformed kind of person trying to make myself up out of bits of spit and string.

Robyn Davidson quotes: Desert time refused to structure itself. It preferred instead to flow in curlicues, vortices and tunnels, ...

Desert time refused to structure itself. It preferred instead to flow in curlicues, vortices and tunnels, ...

Robyn Davidson quotes: I think a lot of writers are unrealistic about having their books translated into film.

I think a lot of writers are unrealistic about having their books translated into film.

Robyn Davidson quotes: I'm not one of those true writers who can't bear not to be writing. Yet it's one of the most important things in my life.

I'm not one of those true writers who can't bear not to be writing. Yet it's one of the most important things in my life.