“….. A desolate country whose soil is rich enough, but is given over wholly to weeds… a silent mournful expanse…. a desolation…. we never saw a human being on the whole route…. hardly a tree or shrub anywhere. Even the olive tree and the cactus, those fast friends of a worthless soil, had almost deserted the country.”
Mark Twain on Israel 1867
Gotta love them olive trees. Does this mean "Palestinian" olives are fast friend food?
“….. A desolate country whose soil is rich enough, but is given over wholly to weeds… a silent mournful expanse…. a desolation…. we never saw a human being on the whole route…. hardly a tree or shrub anywhere. Even the olive tree and the cactus, those fast friends of a worthless soil, had almost deserted the country.”
ReplyDeleteMark Twain on Israel 1867
Gotta love them olive trees. Does this mean "Palestinian" olives are fast friend food?
"fast friends of a worthless soil"
ReplyDeleteA wonderful turn of phrase.