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“where on earth can I go to save my son from such suffering? Is there any corner of the vast world where people live without tormenting each other?”
― Last Train to Istanbul
― Last Train to Istanbul
“The whole modern world has been shaped by lopsided outcomes.”
― Guns, Germs, and Steel
― Guns, Germs, and Steel
“Think carefully. We only have one life to live. We alone are responsible for it.”
― Last Train to Istanbul
― Last Train to Istanbul
“nations have no friends or foes; they only have their interests.”
― Last Train to Istanbul
― Last Train to Istanbul
“It’s funny, when you’re a child you think time will never go by, but when you hit about twenty, time passes like you’re on the fast train to Memphis.”
― Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
― Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
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