Quotes From "Dancing With The Wind: A True Story Of Zen In The Art Of Windsurfing" By Laurie Nadel

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Like Salvador Dali’s paintings of watches melting in the sand, time wanders at its own curious pace whenever you’re on vacation in a foreign country. Laurie Nadel
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Find a way to learn something from every disappointment. Laurie Nadel
Barely halfway back, exhaustion sets in. What if I don’t...
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Barely halfway back, exhaustion sets in. What if I don’t make it? An edge of panic gets intercepted by a calmer inner voice: Look behind you. Laurie Nadel
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Out here on the water, it’s a fine line between feeling in control and losing it altogether. Laurie Nadel
Instead of falling, I am dancing with the wind.
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Instead of falling, I am dancing with the wind. Laurie Nadel
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Producing obituaries is a way of creating a legacy to remember important people of our times and their contributions. No matter whose obituary it is, I look for something inspirational about each person. Laurie Nadel
Flip a coin. Life or death. Heads or tails. You...
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Flip a coin. Life or death. Heads or tails. You never know. Laurie Nadel
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If there’s a takeaway from working here, it’s an understand that, as bioorganisms, we are a walking time bomb programed for cellular self-destruction. Not if, when. Laurie Nadel
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Lucid dreams often feel like this–as if you are observing yourself from a point over your shoulders-arm flexed, hands curving around the boom, breathing, in three dimensional silence. Laurie Nadel
There are two kinds of special events: planned and unplanned.
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There are two kinds of special events: planned and unplanned. Laurie Nadel
Inside, my spirit is sparkling like foam on the crest...
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Inside, my spirit is sparkling like foam on the crest of a wave at high tide under a full moon. Laurie Nadel
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Swirling around my ears, the wind and I whooping at the sea, picking up speed, breathing it all in. An act of loving life. Laurie Nadel
Soul-to-soul contact sweeps through, like a tsunami, leaving in its...
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Soul-to-soul contact sweeps through, like a tsunami, leaving in its wake just this: unconditional surrender and overwhelming gentleness. Laurie Nadel
Of all the things I wish for her, above all,...
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Of all the things I wish for her, above all, I want her to know and love the sea. Laurie Nadel
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A wide-angle view of sails sparkling white against a cobalt sky as light dances, silver on the water. Like art, it soothes the edge, allowing you to see something simple from a different perspective. Laurie Nadel
I took up windsurfing to explore my own courage.
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I took up windsurfing to explore my own courage. Laurie Nadel
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If you didn’t fall down, you would never have learned how to pick yourself up. Laurie Nadel
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Every misfortune is a blessing in disguise. Laurie Nadel
My former identity was lying around, somewhere, fragmented and buried,...
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My former identity was lying around, somewhere, fragmented and buried, like shards from an earlier civilization. Laurie Nadel
Unraveling life lessons from just the past few years would...
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Unraveling life lessons from just the past few years would take many more years. Lessons unlearned would pass with me, when I went through that door, to be completed in some future lifetime. Laurie Nadel
The human psyche is a self-correcting mechanism.
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The human psyche is a self-correcting mechanism. Laurie Nadel
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The only sharks I’m afraid of are the ones that wear three-piece suits and write memos. Laurie Nadel
An intuitive insight or concept can often turn out to...
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An intuitive insight or concept can often turn out to be an unexpected success. Laurie Nadel
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Where are you?’‘ I am between the light and the waves. Laurie Nadel
Windsurfing, the sound of the word contains all the mystery...
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Windsurfing, the sound of the word contains all the mystery of a solitary buoy in the fog, echoing across the water at the end of the day. Laurie Nadel