We spread ourselves over the evening meal, with fried sausages, bully stew and onions, and tea improved by rum. There was a glorious stillness after the vibration and rattle of the day. The silence was absolute. We were two hundred miles
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“Sons of my ancient mother, you riders of the tides, How often have you sailed in my dreams. And now you come in my awakening, which is my deeper dream. Ready am I to go, and my eagerness with sails full set awaits the wind. Only another breath will I breathe in this still air, only another loving look cast backward, And then I shall stand among you, a seafarer among seafarers.”
― The Prophet
― The Prophet
“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“Of all the things a leader should fear, complacency should head the list. —John C. Maxwell”
― The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader
― The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader
“Nothing is easier than saying words. Nothing is harder than living them day after day.”
― The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader
― The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader
“Volqué el arca en la bolsa, la despensa en la alforja y el lastre de los malos pensamientos en el fondo del pozo y, aprovechándome de la noche como un ladrón, cogí el portante, enfilé la carretera y comencé a caminar —sin saber demasiado a dónde ir— campo adelante y tan seguido que, cuando amaneció y el cansancio que notaba en los huesos ya era mucho, quedaba el pueblo, cuando menos, tres leguas a mis espaldas.”
― La familia de Pascual Duarte
― La familia de Pascual Duarte
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