Gertrude Bell quotes

It's so nice to be a spoke in the wheel, one that helps to turn, not one that hinders. (Gertrude Bell)
To wake in that desert dawn was like waking in the heart of an opal. ... See the desert on a fine morning and die - if you can! View quote
Gertrude Bell
There is nothing more difficult to measure than the value of visible emotion. View quote
Gertrude Bell
All the earth is seamed with roads, and all the sea is furrowed with the tracks of ships, and over all the roads and all the waters a continuous stream of people passes up and down - traveling, as they say, for their pleasure. What is it, I wonder, that they go out to see? View quote
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I will have no locked cupboards in my life. View quote
Gertrude Bell

Gertrude Bell

Occupation: Writer
Quotes count: 5

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