Australian - Writer | September 6, 1950 -
The desert is natural; when you are out there, you can get in tune with your environment, something you lose when you live in the city.
Robyn Davidson
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I love the desert and its incomparable sense of space.
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The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.
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My own memories are packed tightly away. I very rarely bring them out for viewing.
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The French word for wanderlust or wandering is 'errance.' The etymology is the same as 'error.' So to wander is to make mistakes. In other words, to make mistakes, to make errors is sort of the idea of learning through trial and error, allowing the mistakes to be part of the process.
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That arrogance of youth and that kind of ignorant confidence can get you through a whole lot of things, and then life does its stuff, and you get smashed around and beaten up. You get full of doubts, and you end up making a person out of those bits and pieces.
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People who wander are nicer to be with. Movement militates against hoarding possessions and against bigotry, because you are constantly moving across boundaries and having to negotiate with people.
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I do not mean to say that we should, or could, return to traditional nomadic economies. I do mean to say that there are systems of knowledge and grand poetical schemata derived from the mobile life that it would be foolish to disregard or underrate. And mad to destroy.
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You really can expand the boundaries of your life and do risky things and prove yourself by doing them.
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Camels are still trained in Alice Springs for tourist jaunts and for occasional sale to Australia's zoos.
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Camels are wonderful animals. Witty, intelligent and sensitive.
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Life's the adventure. You don't have to drop your bundle and go bush. It's about being brave within the context that you're in.
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