Tahir ShahWhen I am about to embark on a difficult journey, I comfort myself by reading the accounts of the great nineteenth-century travellers, men like Stanley, Burton, Speke, Burckhardt and Barth.
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In this quote, Ingrid Bergman says that when she feels apprehensive about a difficult journey, she turns to the great nineteenth-century travelers to lighten her burden. This is a good way of dealing with fear. It might not stop us from feeling fear, but it certainly helps and it also reminds us that we are not alone.
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