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Merak is one of those words that you cannot directly translate into English. It means, basically, enjoyment. This relaxed atmosphere among friends.
“Traveling makes one modest - you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.”
― Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town
― Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town
“He hadn't been able to explain his ideas of glory and death, or the longing and the melancholy pent up in his chest, or the other dark passions choking in the ocean's swell.”
― The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
― The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
“These islands were so lovely that it was hard to be alone on them - it was no that I required company, but rather that I wished that someone else had been there to see them: I wanted another witness, someone to share them with. If the place had been miserable I would have coped.”
― The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific
― The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific
“The God-swanker never has to ask himself what is correct, he looks it up in the Book of Books. There he finds everything he needs...Whatever he plans to do, God will endorse it.”
― The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific
― The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific
“because - traveling - I often felt the lingering anxiety I was doomed...Traveling would kill me, I felt. I had always had the idea, and still do, that my particular exit would be made via an appointment in Samarra: I would go a great distance and endure enormous discomfort and trouble and expense in order to meet my death. If I chose to sit at home and eat and drink in the bosom of my family it would never happen.”
― The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific
― The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific
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