Quotes by Jane Wilson-Howarth

About Jane Wilson-Howarth:

Jane Wilson-Howarth is a British physician, lecturer and author. She has written three travel health guides, two travel narratives, a novel and innumerable articles and scientific papers.
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Travel experiences are emotionally loaded. Often there is excitement and stimulation. The tingle-factor though comes partly from the fact that we're stressed, just a little.

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We'd incorporated Asia into our bones - its colours and laughter, its smells, its rhythms, its tolerance and patience, its compassion, its lack of ageism.

Jane Wilson-Howarth

In Nepal, the quality of conversation is much more important than accuracy of the content. Maybe we get overexcited about information in England?

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GPs are almost the only doctors these days who understand all problems, can see the whole person…spend time with the dying…see things through to the end.

Jane Wilson-Howarth

a dementia sufferer effuses delight and notices very different things when taken out in her wheelchair. Such people can teach us to see again the little things that make a big difference. They can show us how to enjoy familiar environments with fresh...

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The few certainties in our existences are pain, death and bereavement.

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a Nepali outlook, pace and philosophy had prevented us being swamped by our problems. In Nepal it was easier to take life day by day.

Jane Wilson-Howarth

The Chinese say that there is no scenery in your home town. They’re right. Being in another place heightens the senses, allows you to see more, enjoy more, take delight in small things; it makes life richer. You feel more alive, less cocooned.

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Travel is a joy, full of surprises and astonishing new experiences. Perhaps some of the most enjoyable times are those where one comes close to disaster; the risks add spice.

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Living on the edge - that's what I feel like when I don't know what my bowels are going to do next.

Jane Wilson-Howarth

Travel is a joy, full of surprises. Perhaps some of the most enjoyable times are those where one comes close to disaster: the risks add spice, and make for great stories when you are safely back home again.

Jane Wilson-Howarth

Living in the edge - that's what I feel like when I don't know what my bowels are going to do next.

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getting angry and harbouring bitterness doesn’t help anybody, least of all the angry bitter person.

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The river is such a tranquil place, a place to sit and think of romance and the beauty of nature, to enjoy the elegance of swans and the chance of a glimpse of a kingfisher.

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I wished I could paint this ineffable beauty but I had never been artistic. I hadn’t even packed a camera, and my phone was out of charge. It didn’t matter. I just breathed in the feeling, savouring it. Suddenly I knew that I’d enjoy many more ...

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I reckon that blaming people fixes nothing. You're the only person who is going to sort you out. No-one else really can - or really cares, enough. That's what Nepalis know - better than anyone. That's our Western disease. Don't take responsibility. T...

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We found a smooth inviting boulder under a vast banyan tree, and sat in companionable silence. There unexpectedly, on that rock, I saw the secret of contentment. True happiness is only ever possible if you have been unhappy. And there, at that moment...

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I was wrenched awake at the tail-end of a stifled scream. I fought my way up from a deep dark dream. The scream had been mine.

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no-one would want to go through a traumatic experience but when you’ve survived something life-shattering and risen above it, you achieve a kind of serenity.

Jane Wilson-Howarth

... how could Britain operate in India for 300 years and take so little back from it in terms of understanding?

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Author Bio

  • NameJane Wilson-Howarth
  • DescriptionBritish writer
  • Born1954
  • CountryUnited Kingdom