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West with the Night

Name: West with the Night
Author: Beryl Markham

West with the Night is a 1942 memoir by Beryl Markham, chronicling her experiences growing up in Kenya in the early 1900s, leading to celebrated careers as a racehorse trainer and bush pilot there. It is considered a classic of outdoor literature and was included in the U.S.A.'s Armed Services Editions shortly after its publication. In 2004, National Geographic Adventure ranked it number 8 in a list of 100 best adventure books.Ernest Hemingway was deeply impressed with Markham's writing, saying

“There's an old adage," he said, "translated from the ancient Coptic, that contains all the wisdom of the ages -- "Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”

Beryl Markham book West with the Night

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“Passed years seem safe ones, vanquished ones, while the future lives in a cloud, formidable from a distance. The cloud clears as you enter it. I have learned this, but like everyone, I learned it late.”

Beryl Markham book West with the Night

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“After that, work and hope. But never hope more than you work”

Beryl Markham book West with the Night

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“A word grows to a thought – a thought to an idea – an idea to an act. The change is slow, and the Present is a sluggish traveler loafing in the path Tomorrow wants to take.”

Beryl Markham book West with the Night

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