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Book cover for Libyan Sands: Travel in a Dead World
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 ...more
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Kahlil Gibran
“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.”
Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

Carlos Ruiz Zafón
“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.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

John C. Maxwell
“Of all the things a leader should fear, complacency should head the list. —John C. Maxwell”
John C. Maxwell, The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader

John C. Maxwell
“Nothing is easier than saying words. Nothing is harder than living them day after day.”
John C. Maxwell, The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader

Camilo José Cela
“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.”
Camilo José Cela, La familia de Pascual Duarte

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