Then [1950] if an American woman traveling alone wished to eat in a restaurant at night, even inside her own hotel, the head waiter would place before her a small American flag to warn the Spanish dandies that this one was not a prostitute, even though she was eating alone in public; now [1966] women frequent cafés alone, a thing quite impossible even five years ago.
--James Michener (1907-1997), Iberia, chapter "Madrid."
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...Italian words made me laugh in delight. I started referring to my cell phone as il mio telefonino ("my teensy little telephone"). I became one of those annoying people who always say: "Ciao!" Just speaking these words made me feel sexy and happy.
--From Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia (2006), by Elizabeth Gilbert (1969-)
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Now that I know how hard this is, I would never consider crossing the Sahara on foot again.
--Marathon runner Charlie Engle, 44, who ran across 4000 miles of desert over 111 days with two other runners.
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