Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts

07 June 2008

We Are Not So Dashing

"Certain people, of whom I am one, thrive in an atmosphere of uncertainty. It is not that we have the gambler's spirit, that we challenge chance for the sake of the game. We are not so dashing. If we take risks, we take them because we are lazy. We delegate our responsibilities to fate. In any situation, the more you are obliged to leave to chance, the less you are obliged to do yourself. Being for the most part inefficient, incapable of foresight, and rather irresponsible, we like best those situations in which a great deal has to be left to chance."
- Peter Fleming "Brazilian Adventure" (1933)


"Sláinte"
KJT - Prague, Czech Republic (2005)

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The Pursuit of Satori

"I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library." 
- Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer (1899-1986)


The sea was calm out on the bay. The smell of salt, the cry of gull, the gentle rustle of leaf. I was to be married in a few days time, and my heart was light. I looked out on the serene waters and felt the morning sun on my face. Sitting down with a good book, all was right with the world...
KJT - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (2004)

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