... from a book so un-memorable I will not provide any information about the title/author, etc. But came across a sentence that was so worth sharing, I wrote it on my bookmark. I plan to take the book back to the library, only half-read, and drop it in the box, unfinished.
"I know a cure for everything: salt water... in one form or the other... sweat or tears or salt sea."
Karen Blixen in the "Seven Gothic Tales".
I think I recall she wrote that amazing "Out of Africa" book that was made into a movie with Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. A gorgeous scenic wonder of a film with those wide shots of the savanna and sweeping landscapes of a sere continent. I am also believing I remember she wrote under a pseudonym, Isaac Dineson? I have not read anything she wrote, though this quote tempts me to do a little research to find some of her work, spend a little time with her.
The book I am not telling you about is a series of stories about someone who had seventeen brushes with death. Fiction, but unsettling nonetheless. No more facts to be shared here.
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