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“No empire lasts forever, no dynasty continues unbroken. Some day, you and I will be mere legends. All that matters is whether we did what we could with the life that was given to us.”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Three

tags: dynasty, empire, ephemeral, history, legacy, legends, life, life-well-lived, meaning, purpose

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“The first sound a child hears is very important. It determines character. A Muslim child always hears the Azan first. Words in praise of God.

Words to live by.”
― Jinat Rehana Begum, First Fires

tags: child, children, culture, god, growing-up, rituals, words, words-to-live-by

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“But what is the point of buying vegetables in plastic bags? Everything from the supermarket smells of plastic. Everything from the market smells like it’s supposed to.”
― Jinat Rehana Begum, First Fires

tags: grocery-shopping, materialism, supermarkets, vegetables

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“I struggle to discover what these silent sons of mine want, but words have always failed me. They are sullen even as they tell me they are okay. I know they are lying but there is nothing I can do.”
― Jinat Rehana Begum, First Fires

tags: children, motherhood, parenthood, sons, words

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“Can you lose your inborn talents? Can the gifts you come into this world with be taken away without your even noticing? Maybe it’s my fault for wanting always to stem the fires within me? Perhaps there are some fires that should be allowed to rage on?”
― Jinat Rehana Begum, First Fires

tags: future, gifts, loss, talents, worry

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