parting is a peculiar feeling, and I feel envy in my heart. Men go to war to test courage, and if women have a test, it's patience, a never-ending patience that tests how we endure loneliness.
...
Laugh'd loud and long, and all the while
His eyes went to and fro
Ha ha! quoth he, full plain I see
The devil knows how to row
Farewell, farewell! But this I tell to thee,thou Wedding_Guest!
He prayeth well, who loveth well
Both man and bird and beast
...
every day, every hour of Dennis's home, we don't talk about ordinary things. Not about the difficulties I had on the farm, or about my bills due and the crops falling. He also doesn't talk about his work, or what Africa will look like in the future, or anything big or small in reality. We are disconnected from real life, from all things. When he was away, I made up many stories. At night, he relaxes and puts the cushions in front of the fireplace like a sofa, and I sit cross-legged like a princess in the Arabian Nights. He listens intently to a long story, from beginning to end.
...
"Do you feel lonely"
"Sometimes"
"Have you ever thought I'd be lonely"
"No, no"
"Do you miss me"
"Often"
"
It's not fair, you want me to pay the price. " "No, you have a choice, but you don't want me to have a choice. I will not make you any closer or love you because of a piece of paper. " ... "Let it go, let it go, it belongs to Mombasa after all. " ... " What are you doing? " "Fix your clothes"
You have no idea how much these words affected me. " "I thought there wasn't anything you really wanted in this world, but that's not right, you want it all!" " "I'm going to Samburu, whether she comes or not." " "Then you can move out." "Okay. " ...
(stroking her little owl) Is there a prince charming in you?
...
"Do you remember the hunt, I'll let you find a camp first in the afternoon, and you'll wait for me there."
"You'll find me by the light of my fire"
"Yes, we'll be like In that case, just this time I'll go first and wait for you."
"Are you going far?"
"Yes"
"Then you have to make a big fire, and I will find you."
...
"You ruined me . Do you know? "
What's ruined"
"I can't be alone"
"Why"
"I want to go to Mombasa with you, I'll take you there by plane"
"No more leaving?"
"I have something to leave tomorrow . But come back on Friday, okay?"
"Of course"
"I've learned a few things lately, and when things get so bad that I don't think I can take it, I'll try to make it worse, and I'll remember that we were in Camp by the river, Berkeley, and the first time you took me on a flight. What a wonderful story. And when I'm sure I can't hold on any longer, just hold on a little longer, then I know there's nothing I can't take it anymore."
…
" If only I knew a song about Africa, a song about a giraffe and the African crescent on her back, a song about the plows in the fields and the farmers who sweated coffee. So does Africa know a song about me? Will the air on the plains tremble with my color, will those children invent a game named after me, will the full moon cast shadows like mine on the gravel road, the one on Mount Ngon Will the eagle look forward to my return?
"…
Rose-lipt maidens, lightfoot lads.
…
View more about Out of Africa reviews
