Freya Stark Quotes:
Ocupation: Explorer
Life: January 31, 1893 - May 9, 1993
Birthday: January 31
Death: May 9
The camel is an ugly animal, seen from above. Its shoulders slope formless like a sack, its silly little ears and fluff of bleached curls behind them have a respectable, boarding-house look, like some faded neatness that dresses for propriety but never dressed for love.
source: Freya Stark (2011). “A Winter in Arabia: A Journey Through Yemen”, p.121, The Overlook Press
topic: Silly, Animal, House, Fluff, Neatness, Boarding House, Silly Little
