Richard Halliburton's Second Book of Marvels Quotes

“Lifted up into this holy realm, on the white crown of the magic peak, we too stand there, as moved, as lost in rapture, as the kneeling, praying pilgrims. And as we watch the miracle of the morning unfold, each of us, after his own fashion, gives thanks to the Master Hand that made the beauty and the wonder of the world.”
― Richard Halliburton, Richard Halliburton's Second Book of Marvels: The Orient

“When I was a boy I once received, as a Christmas gift, a beautiful book of oriental fairy tales. The stories all took place in India. They told of mighty kings riding to war on elephants; of marble palaces with golden domes where lovely princesses were imprisoned; of magic music that came at midnight from an enchanted grove in the jungle.”
― Richard Halliburton, Richard Halliburton's Second Book of Marvels: The Orient