- Dead
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- Nov 07, 2020
Camel Quotes
Desert wisdom and stories carried on camelback
These camel quotes recall long desert crossings and the animals' remarkable strength, themes echoed in the travel memoir referenced in book quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Heaven
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- Nov 07, 2020
I heard someone say that it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to get into heaven. I decided to sculpt camels in a needle.
- Migration
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- Nov 07, 2020
A single camel can carry around 300 kilograms. Using camels for hauling during migration is becoming a rarity in Mongolia, where mechanized transport is gradually replacing traditional means.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Clouds do not really look like camels or sailing ships or castles in the sky. They are simply a natural process at work. So too, perhaps, are our lives.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Gobi is in many ways like the old American West, filled with abandoned hamlets and buildings, traces of disappeared peoples. Across its oceanic blond grass, horses and the black silhouettes of camels move languidly, as if they are the only inhabitants. Ancient Turkic nomads left enigmatic petroglyphs carved into boulders 2,000 years ago.
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Tracks' is based on the book by Robyn Davidson who, in the mid-Seventies, decided to leave the city, go to the outback, learn to train camels and walk across the Australian desert to the ocean: a journey that is about two thousand miles and will take about six or seven months.
- Grass
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- Nov 07, 2020