"As tourists, we have reason to hope that the quaint anachronism we have discovered will always remain “unspoiled,” as fixed as a museum piece for inspection. It is perilous, however, to assume that its inhabitants will long for the same. Indeed, a kind of imperial arrogance underlies the very assumption that the people of the developing world should be happier without the TVs and motorbikes that we find so indispensable ourselves. If money does not buy happiness, neither does poverty."

Pico Iyer, "Video Night in Kathmandu"

(nao li o livro. esbarrei com este quote ao seguir um hyperlink que estava nesta entrevista ( http://www.worldhum.com/qanda/item/rolf_potts_revelations_from_a_postmodern_travel_writer_20080918/ ). Tambem ainda nao acabei de ler a entrevista. Mas foi recomendada por uma pessoa de confianca (misterlazarescu.blogspot.com )