Freya Stark Quote

The camel carries on his dreary circular task with his usual slow and pompous step and head poised superciliously, as if it were a ritual affair above the comprehension of the vulgar; and no doubt he comforts himself for the dullness of life by a sense of virtue, like many other formalists beside him.

The Southern Gates of Arabia (1936)

The camel carries on his dreary circular task with his usual slow and pompous step and head poised superciliously, as if it were a ritual affair...

The camel carries on his dreary circular task with his usual slow and pompous step and head poised superciliously, as if it were a ritual affair...

The camel carries on his dreary circular task with his usual slow and pompous step and head poised superciliously, as if it were a ritual affair...

The camel carries on his dreary circular task with his usual slow and pompous step and head poised superciliously, as if it were a ritual affair...