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1984

by George Orwell

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Jul 28, 2015 12:12PM

Amira’s Quotes

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain

tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom

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“Israeli occupation exposes us very young to the extremes of our emotions, until we cannot feel except in the extreme.”
― Susan Abulhawa, Mornings in Jenin

tags: emotions, israel, israeli-palestinian-conflict

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“love is what we are about, my darling," she says. "Not even in death has our love faded, for I live in your veins.”
― Susan Abulhawa, Mornings in Jenin

tags: death, love

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“Do you know, Mother, that Haj Salem was buried alive in his home? Does he tell you stories in heaven now? I wish I had had a chance to meet him. To see his toothless grin and touch his leathery skin. To beg him, as you did in your youth, for a story from our Palestine. He was over one hundred years old, Mother. To have lived so long, only to be crushed to death by a bulldozer. Is this what it means to be Palestinian?”
― Susan Abulhawa, Mornings in Jenin

tags: death, mother, palestine, palestinians

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