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“It’s French, Letty.’ Ramy rolled his eyes. ‘Latin’s flimsiest daughter. How hard could it be?”
― Babel
― Babel
“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
“Normal people began to see that a beard was not synonymous with honesty. It was simply a patchy place to hide one's lies.”
― Revolution for Dummies: Laughing through the Arab Spring
― Revolution for Dummies: Laughing through the Arab Spring
“October, baptize me with leaves! Swaddle me in corduroy and nurse me with split pea soup. October, tuck tiny candy bars in my pockets and carve my smile into a thousand pumpkins. O autumn! O teakettle! O grace!”
― Attachments
― Attachments
“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
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