You have to remember that I was an Australian girl of the Fifties and Sixties. For Australians at that time, it was imperative to get out of the country and discover the world. Robyn Davidson More Quotes by Robyn Davidson More Quotes From Robyn Davidson To be free one needs constant and unrelenting vigilance over one's weaknesses. A vigilance which requires a moral energy most of us are incapable of manufacturing. We relax back into the moulds of habit. They are secure, they bind us and keep us contained at the expense of freedom. To break the moulds, to be heedless of the seductions of security is an impossible struggle, but one of the few that count. To be free is to learn, to test yourself constantly, to gamble. Robyn Davidson freedomstruggleinspirational The two 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. Robyn Davidson successmotivationallife And there are new kinds of nomads, not people who are at home everywhere, but who are at home nowhere. I was one of them Robyn Davidson kindhomepeople The good Lord in his ultimate wisdom gave us three things to make life bearable: hope, jokes, and dogs, but the greatest of these was dogs. Robyn Davidson wisdomhopelife When there is no one to remind you what society's rules are, and there is nothing to keep you linked to that society, you had better be prepared for some startling changes. Robyn Davidson be-preparedlinkedprepared I believe when you’re stuck in one spot for too long it’s best to throw a grenade where you stand, and jump…and pray. Robyn Davidson longbelievetravel I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there's no going back. Robyn Davidson sinking-feelingdifficultfeelings By now I was utterly deprogrammed. I walked along naked usually, clothes being not only putrid but unnecessary. My skin had been baked a deep terra-cotta brown and was the constituency of harness leather. The sun no longer penetrated it. I retained my hat. Robyn Davidson nakedclothesskins Some of us just don't want to be famous ... anonymity cannot be bought for any price, once you have lost it. Robyn Davidson wantfamelost I believe that the subconscious always knows what is best. It is our conditional, vastly overrated rational mind which screws everything up. Robyn Davidson mindbelievethinking The most difficult part of any endeavour is taking the first step, making the first decision. Robyn Davidson decisiontravelfirsts Real travel would be to see the world, for even an instant, with another's eyes Robyn Davidson eyerealwould-be There are some moments in life that are like pivots around which your existence turns—small intuitive flashes, when you know you have done something correct for a change, when you think you are on the right track. I watched a pale dawn streak the cliffs with Day-glo and realized this was one of them. It was a moment of pure, uncomplicated confidence—and lasted about ten seconds. Robyn Davidson trackdawnthinking I hate hats! Hats just give you really bad hair! I had a hat sometimes. Frankly, you get burnt so much anyway, it's beside the point. And when you're walking into the western sun, no hat in the world is going to save your face and neck from being sizzled. Robyn Davidson hatehairgiving Camel trips, as I suspected all along, and as I was about to have confirmed, do not being or end: they mere change form. Robyn Davidson camelsformends It is better to proceed with one's duty in the service of others than wallow in the pain attachments bring Robyn Davidson dutypainattachment I just don't see myself as a travel writer. I can't. I don't. Robyn Davidson funny-traveli-cantravel That odd idea that one person can go to a foreign part and in this rather odd voice describe it to the folks back home doesn't make much sense in the post-colonial world. Robyn Davidson voicehomeideas The 70s were a wonderful time to be young. I think most young people at that time were pushing the boundaries, asking all sorts of questions of society, of life and of themselves. They were very politicised. It was part of the air that we breathed. Robyn Davidson airpeoplethinking The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life and the procedure , the process is its own reward. Robyn Davidson
