My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments o — Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
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My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments of truth and fantasy. He didn't need to -- because, given the right conditions, the stories activated, sowing themselves.

— Tahir Shah, In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
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