Quotes of Beryl Markham - somelinesforyou

“ (On WWI:) A man of importance had been shot at a place I could not pronounce in Swahili or in English, and, because of this shooting, whole countries were at war. It seemed a laborious method of retribution, but that was the way it was being done. ... A messenger came to the farm with a story to tell. It was not a story that meant much as stories went in those days. It was about how the war progressed in German East Africa and about a tall young man who was killed in it. ... It was an ordinary story, but Kibii and I, who knew him well, thought there was no story like it, or one as sad, and we think so now. The young man tied his shuka on his shoulder one day and took his shield and his spear and went to war. He thought war was made of spears and shields and courage, and he brought them all. But they gave him a gun, so he left the spear and the shield behind him and took the courage, and went where they sent him because they said this was his duty and he believed in duty. ... He took the gun and held it the way they had told him to hold it, and walked where they told him to walk, smiling a little and looking for another man to fight. He was shot and killed by the other man, who also believed in duty, and he was buried where he fell. It was so simple and so unimportant. But of course it meant something to Kibii and me, because the tall young man was Kibii's father and my most special friend. Arab Maina died on the field of action in the service of the King. But some said it was because he had forsaken his spear. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ Who thinks it just to be judged by a single error? ”

- Beryl Markham

“ Who thinks it just to be judged by a single error? ”

- Beryl Markham

“ In Africa people learn to serve each other. They live on credit balances of little favors that they give and may, one day, ask to have returned. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ What a child does not know and does not want to know of race and color and class, he learns soon enough as he grows to see each man flipped inexorably into some predestined groove like a penny or a sovereign in a banker's rack. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ I could never tell where inspiration begins and impulse leaves off. I suppose the answer is in the outcome. If your hunch proves a good one, you were inspired; if it proves bad, you are guilty of yielding to thoughtless impulse. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ In Africa people learn to serve each other. They live on credit balances of little favors that they give and may, one day, ask to have returned. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ Success breeds confidence. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ Success breeds confidence. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ Success breeds confidence. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about yourself. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ No human pursuit achieves dignity until it can be called work. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ Who thinks it just to be judged by a single error? ”

- Beryl Markham

“ If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ No human pursuit achieves dignity until it can be called work. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ A lovely horse is always an experience.... It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ I could never tell where inspiration begins and impulse leaves off. I suppose the answer is in the outcome. If your hunch proves a good one, you were inspired; if it proves bad, you are guilty of yielding to thoughtless impulse. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ What a child does not know and does not want to know of race and color and class, he learns soon enough as he grows to see each man flipped inexorably into some predestined groove like a penny or a sovereign in a banker's rack. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ Success breeds confidence. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about yourself. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about yourself. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ No human pursuit achieves dignity until it can be called work. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about yourself. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ Success breeds confidence. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ What a child does not know and does not want to know of race and color and class, he learns soon enough as he grows to see each man flipped inexorably into some predestined groove like a penny or a sovereign in a banker's rack. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about yourself. ”

- Beryl Markham

“ What a child does not know and does not want to know of race and color and class, he learns soon enough as he grows to see each man flipped inexorably into some predestined groove like a penny or a sovereign in a banker's rack. ”

- Beryl Markham
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