Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Freya Stark Travel writer

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: United Kingdom
  • Born: Jan 31, 1893
  • Died: May 9, 1993

Dame Freya Madeline Stark, Mrs Perowne, DBE was a British explorer and travel writer. She wrote more than two dozen books on her travels in the Middle East and Afghanistan, as well as several autobiographic works and essays. She was one of the first non-Arabians to travel through the southern Arabian Deserts.

There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. happiness

Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart. Christmas & home

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 quotes from John Millington Synge

3 quotes from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 other quotes from William Butler Yeats

28 other quotes from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 sayings from Dave Barry

27 sayings from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 views from Winston Churchill

74 views from Winston Churchill