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“It’s French, Letty.’ Ramy rolled his eyes. ‘Latin’s flimsiest daughter. How hard could it be?”
― Babel
― Babel
“In Senegal, the polite expression for saying someone died is to say his or her library has burned. When I first heard the phrase, I didn’t understand it, but over time I came to realize it was perfect. Our minds and souls contain volumes inscribed by our experiences and emotions; each individual’s consciousness is a collection of memories we’ve cataloged and stored inside us, a private library of a life lived.”
― The Library Book
― The Library Book
“Those who had come of age in the camps, like Muna and Monday, who had seen so many of their peers resettled abroad, lacked respect for the present: as though one's actions in the here and now had no relation to the great hereafter, abroad. Life was only a process of waiting. And this was their problem too: in such circumstances, people are more inclined to act without consequences, without limits, to be caught by a hedonism of the senses or the indulgence of emotion, or the violent righteousness of religion. Nothing had any permanence, there was no building anything, since both the people you loved or the people you hurt could soon be gone. The older refugees with a grounding in school or community had a better chance. But still, in such a situation, life can lose its meaning.”
― City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp
― City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp
“They only tackle you when you've got the ball.”
― She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
― She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
“There are so many novels about falling in love and so few about finding a really good and rewarding job.”
― The Book of Love
― The Book of Love
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