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It is so difficult—at least, I find it difficult—to understand people who speak the truth.”
“he gathered antigonê close in his arms again. choking, his blood bright red on her white cheek. and now he lies dead with the dead, and she is his at last, his bride in the houses of the dead.”
― The Oedipus Cycle
― The Oedipus Cycle
“If you have documented a revolution, how can you bring yourself to capture anything else on those same streets where your brothers stained the asphalt with their lives?”
― If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
― If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
“what if life is just a collection of essentially unrelated experiences? Why does one thing have to follow meaningfully from another?”
― Intermezzo
― Intermezzo
“Question: If an Egyptian cannot speak English, who is telling his story?”
― If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
― If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
“He wasn't too caught up in the words to notice that she was tracing the contours of wings over his shoulder blades.”
― Last Night in Montreal
― Last Night in Montreal
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