
I knew instinctively that it was the very hardness of life in the desert which drew me back there - it was the same pull which takes men back to the polar ice, to high mountains, and to the sea.

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This page presents the quote "I knew instinctively that it was the very hardness of life in the desert which drew me back there - it was the same pull which takes men back to the polar ice, to high mountains, and to the sea.". Author of this quote is Wilfred Thesiger. This quote is about ice, men, life, sea, hardness, desert,.