Beryl Markham – Quotes

Success feeds confidence.
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Success feeds confidence. Beryl Markham

there are many Africas.

there are many Africas. Beryl Markham

[The lion] began to

[The lion] began to contemplate me with a kind of quiet premeditation, like that of a slow-witted man fondling an unaccustomed thought. Beryl Markham

[Elephants] are less agile and physically less adaptable than ourselves – Nature having developed their bodies in one direction and their brains in another, while human beings, on the other hand, drew from Mr. Darwin’s lottery of evolution both the winning ticket and the stub to match it. This, I suppose, is why we are … Read more

I have a trunk

I have a trunk containing continents. Beryl Markham

Talk lives in a

Talk lives in a man’s head, but sometimes it is very lonely because in the heads of many men there is nothing to keep it company – and so talk goes out through the lips. Beryl Markham

But, for a little

But, for a little while, this is the place for us — a good place too–a place of good omen, a place of beginning things–and of ending things I never thought would end. Beryl Markham

In view of this

In view of this and other things, I demand forgiveness for being so obviously impressed with my own parents. Beryl Markham

No human pursuit achieves

No human pursuit achieves dignity until it can be called work. Beryl Markham

A man can be

A man can be riddled with malaria for years on end, with its chills and its fevers and its nightmares, but if one day he sees that the water from his kidneys is black, he knows he will not leave that place again, wherever he is, or wherever he hoped to be. Beryl Markham