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“This man’s name was Reda Seyam, and his videos from Bosnia were some of the earliest examples of jihadist propaganda that has since ballooned into today’s use of violence as a recruiting tool. Many jihadists of my generation would later describe Bosnia and especially the massacre at Srebrenica as their “wake-up call.”
― Souad Mekhennet, I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad

“Larry was designed by Providence to go through life like a small, blond firework, exploding ideas in other people’s minds, and then curling up with catlike unctuousness and refusing to take any blame for the consequences.”
― Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals

“Like a spider in its web, a vibration anywhere
is felt everywhere.”
― Lois Farfel Stark, The Telling Image: Shapes of Changing Times

“It appears utterly impossible that the United States will start a “preventive war.” We will fight when attacked, either directly or in a territory we have guaranteed to defend.”
― Shaun Usher, Lists of Note: An Eclectic Collection Deserving of a Wider Audience