Pg 143 Quotes

“Therefore you can never lose hope-hatikva-because if you keep hope alive, it will keep you alive.”
― Cassandra Clare

“This was all he wanted now. Some signs that the immense world would accept him and give him the long time he needed to think all the things that must be thought.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

“Is religion defending our physical integrity or is it just opposed to fashion?”
― Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

“And even though I no longer really knew what it was, I felt it: a drop of hope. The fog surrounding my life rolled back another inch, and a sliver of blue sky peeked through.”
― Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air

“Drenched in café au lait stucco, the mall was bordered by an example of America’s most unique architectural contribution to the world, a parking lot. Some bemoan the brutalism of socialist architecture, but was the blandness of capitalist architecture any better? One could drive for miles and see nothing but parking lots and the kudzu of strip malls catering to every need, from pet shops to water dispensaries to ethnic restaurants and every other imaginable category of mom-and-pop small business, each one an advertisment for the pursuit of happiness.”
― Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer