my dad loaned me the book “Miracle in the Andes” and i honestly wasn’t quite sure what i would think. i have to say, it was one of the best books i’ve read in a long time. i was certainly pleasantly surprised. it’s a true story about a plane full of rugby players from Uruguay whose plane crashes high up in the Andes Mts., they were there for 72 days. it was full of raw emotion, graphic word images, and definitely not a book for those who want to believe that the world is a cushy little bubble full of kitties and unicorns. i was also captured by the writing. the way he described things, from a wordsmiths perspective, was great! anyhow, you should read this book. it challenged me quite a bit too.
one thing that was a topic of discussion through the book was death, clearly, considering their situation. there were several quotes from the book that i wrote down. some because i just loved the wording of it, but some because it was just a good quote and spoke to me. one in particular was:
one thing that was a topic of discussion through the book was death, clearly, considering their situation. there were several quotes from the book that i wrote down. some because i just loved the wording of it, but some because it was just a good quote and spoke to me. one in particular was:
“The opposite of death is love. How had I missed that? How does anyone miss that? Love is our only weapon. Only love can turn mere life into a miracle and draw precious meaning from suffering and fear.”
there were many other good lines from this book, and like this one, they all kept me thinking.
