A celebrated writer pens an irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure, spiritual devotion, and what she really wanted out of life.
Un libro al que vuelvo cada cierto tiempo. Es un viaje a 3 lugares diferente en los cuales aprendes cosas útiles para la vida. Es un libro que te llena, te hace reflexionar y te cautiva con sus frases y descripciones.
Este libro es puro aire fresco, a través de tres viajes cuenta cómo va superando sus pequeños demonios la autora. Amo este libro con todo mi corazón. Me encanta como describe Italia puedes sentir que estás ahí (recomiendo leerlo mientras se consultan los monumentos que nombra), me encanta la delicadeza y la parte espiritual de la India y me encanta (aunque con menor medida) la juventud que desprende en Indonesia.
The resting place of the mind is the heart. The only thing the mind hears all day is clanging bells and noise and argument, and all it wants is quietude. The only place the mind will ever find peace is inside the silence of the heart. That's where you need to go.
I'm arguing with him in my mind, I'm mad and lonely and remembering every hurtful thing he ever said or did to me. Plus I can't stop thinking about all our happiness together, the thrilling delirium when times were good.
I let him hold me for a while, longer than is necessarily merely friendly... This is a kind of hiding -I'm avoiding a simple good night kiss- But it's also a kind of not hiding too.