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Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappé

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History lies at the core of every conflict. A true and unbiased understanding of the past offers the possibility of peace. The distortion or manipulation of history, in contrast, will only sow disaster.

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“One, who is twice woven, cannot remain your own.”
“Two, the ether bound, who shines the torch in darkness.”
“Three, the blessed harbinger, who reaps the reaper’s heart.”
“All at last aeon’s end,” they said together, “And all to end the aeon.”
― Rachel Alexander, Destroyer of Light

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“Persephone Praxidike Chthonios. She Who Destroys the Light. Carrier of Curses. The Iron Queen of the Underworld.”
― Rachel Alexander, Receiver of Many

tags: goddess, greek-mythology, hades, hades-and-persephone, persephone, underworld

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“So you slept with a Medici. It doesn’t stop you being Michelangelo.”
― Kevin Wignall, Those Who Disappeared

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“Because my dear, it’s when you suffer that you know it’s real.”
― Nick Askew

tags: ensoulment, heartbreak, love, pain

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“Answer her name, and you’re a fool. Answer his, and you’re a liar.”
― Rachel Alexander, Destroyer of Light

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