• The perpetual charm of Arabia is that the traveler finds his level there simply as a human being; the people's directness, deadly to the sentimental or pedantic, likes the less complicated virtues.

    Freya Stark: The perpetual charm of Arabia is that the traveler finds his level there simply as a human being; the people's directness, deadly to the sentimental or pedantic, likes the less complicated virtues.
    Freya Stark (2011). “A Winter in Arabia: A Journey Through Yemen”, p.92, The Overlook Press