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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

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support for the armed struggle was more fervent in Boston or Chicago than it was in Belfast or Derry.

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I lived in Boston from the early 70's to the early 90's and during that time visited Belfast 5 times and Derry once (though very briefly). I'd agree with this.

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“For you, a thousand times over”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy

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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

tags: books, dragons, fairy-tales, inspirational, paraphrasing-g-k-chesterton

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“Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”
― Garrison Keillor

tags: humor, religion

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“But I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or to make you feel miserable either. Life is just supposed to make you feel.”
― Gloria Naylor

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