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About Pico Iyer
English-born essayist and novelist
Pico Iyer is an English-born essayist and novelist known chiefly for his travel writing. He is best known for books about crossing cultures and for essays shaped by life between places. His work includes Video Night in Kathmandu, The Lady and the Monk, and The Global Soul. He has also written for Time, Harper's, The New York Review of Books, and The New York Times, and his writing often returns to travel, identity, and cultural exchange.
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- “Travel for me is all about transformation, and I'm fascinated by those people who really do come back from a…”Pico Iyer
- “Abjure all accretions and turn off the lights. Put on some music - Leonard Cohen, say, perhaps his 'Various P…”Pico Iyer
- “For centuries, Cuba's greatest resource has been its people.”Pico Iyer
- “To me, part of the beauty of a comma is that it offers a rest, like one in music: a break that gives the whol…”Pico Iyer
Explore Yoga
- “Yoga is one of my preferred workouts, because it benefits my mind as well as my body.”Gurmeet Choudhary
- “I wear yoga pants and get to work out all the time - it's my job. I feel a little bit different when I go int…”Hilary Knight
- “Retaining our capacity for reasonis common sense, but definite conclusions and beliefs keep us from seeing li…”H.E. Davey
Religion: more sayings
- “I believe in God and a higher power. I'm still not the religious type per se because religion tore my family…”Ja Rule
- “Much religious teaching in the world is in reality a confused or deteriorated form, very different from its r…”Idries Shah
- “Religion is to be realized, not read or taught.”Abhijit Naskar
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Books by Pico Iyer
The Open Road
2008
The Global Soul
2000
A Beginner's Guide to Japan
2019
Sun After Dark
2004
Cuba and the Night
1995