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Bethany 2022-04-21 09:02:31

Karen: He even took the gramophone with him on safari. Three rifles, supplies for a month, and Mozart. He began our friendship with a gift. And later, not long before Tzavo, he gave me another - incredible gift: a glimpse of the world through God's eye. And then I thought, "yes, I see. This is the way it was intended." I've written about all the others not because I loved him less, but because they were clearer, easier. He was waiting for me there. But I've gone ahead of my story. He'd have hated that - Denys loved to hear a story told well. You see, I had a farm in Africa at the foot of the Ngong Hills. But it really began in Denmark. And there I knew two brothers. One was my lover, and one was my friend. I had a farm in Africa... I had a farm in Africa at the foot of the Ngong Hills. I had a farm in Africa...

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  • Nick 2021-12-23 08:01:08

    The beautiful music, the magnificent scenery, especially the excellent performance of Meryls Plitt, can be said to really portray the characters very vividly.

  • Katlyn 2022-03-22 09:02:03

    I want a kind of vastness of life, like the vast and boundless savannah of Africa. I want you by my side, like where Kilimanjaro is forever. Many years later, I still dream of there, the morning mist is faint, the sunrise is in the east, accompanied by Mozart's music, a group of lions are wandering. . . Turns out I've never been out in my life.

Out of Africa quotes

  • Baron Bror Blixen: You're not going to fall in love, are you?

    Karen Blixen: Not with someone who's always leaving.

  • Baron Bror Blixen: That's a fine kiss goodbye.

    Karen Blixen: I'm better at hello.