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Circling the Sun

Book by Paula McLain · 5 quotes · Africa, Acceptance, Belonging

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All Africa Acceptance Belonging Caged Contentment Freedom Home Karen Blixen Kenya Limits Lion Nature Paula Mclain Pet Sacrifice Self Awareness Taming Understanding Unnatural Wilderness

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“I had come alive here...this was my home, and though one day it would all trickle through my fingers like so much red dust, for as long as childhood lasted it was a heaven fitted exactly to me. A place I knew by heart. The one place in the world I'd been made for.”

Home Contentment Belonging Africa

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“Avea o busola care nu dadea gres si un fel de a privi totul de parca stia ca nimic nu ravea sa mai fie vreodata exact la fel. Mai mult decat oricine altcineva, Denys intelegea ca nimic nu ramane in loc pentru noi, ori ca n-ar trebui sa ramana. Secretul e sa iei lucrurile asa cum vin si sa le accepti intru totul, fara sa te opui sau sa-ti fie frica, fara sa le tii prea strans sau sa le indoi.”

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“We can only go to the limits of ourselves—I’ve learned that if nothing else. Anything more and we give too much away. Then we’re not good for anyone. - Beryl Markham”

Understanding Sacrifice Limits Self Awareness

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“We can only go to the limits of ourselves. Anything more and we give too much away. Then we're not good for anyone.”

Africa Kenya Karen Blixen Paula Mclain

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“You can take a cub from the savannah as they have, and raise it like a pet if you like. In a cage, as some do, or running free like Paddy. You can feed it fresh meat so it never learns to hunt and brush its coat so it carries a human smell wherever it goes—but know that what you’ve done is twist something natural into something else. And you can never trust on unnatural thing. - Charles Clutterbuck”

Nature Freedom Pet Wilderness Unnatural Caged Lion Taming

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