Beryl Markham (1902–86) was a British-born Kenyan aviator, adventurer, racehorse trainer and author. During the pioneer days of aviation, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west. She is now primarily remembered as the author of the memoir West with the Night.
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You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about yourself.
—Beryl Markham
Topics: Self-Knowledge, Awareness
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