Ravi Singh

“In the grand and changeful panorama of the Hindu Kush, I miss the young green, the gentle wind, the stirring song of spring. But we do not dictate our dreams, and I didn't dare look back at the receding snowy peaks as I turned onto the plains.”
― Annemarie Schwarzenbach

“I saw it dissolve into a strangely clear horizon-there, a striated pyramid, stood the extinct volcano, a pain filled, deeply moving sight: permanence.”
― Annemarie Schwarzenbach, All the Roads Are Open: The Afghan Journey

“This sufficed: the overwhelming monument to the man who had not feared the poverty and grandeur of the steppe, so alien to all human measure. I breathed deep and tried, despite all, to salute life...”
― Annemarie Schwarzenbach, All the Roads Are Open: The Afghan Journey

“What was I waiting for? For signs and miracles, stars on the firmament..?”
― Annemarie Schwarzenbach, All the Roads Are Open: The Afghan Journey