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“To forgive somebody is to say one way or another, "You have done something unspeakable, and by all rights I should call it quits between us. Both my pride and my principles demand no less. However, although I make no guarantees that I will be able to forget what you've done, and though we may both carry the scars for life, I refuse to let it stand between us. I still want you for my friend."

To accept forgiveness means to admit that you've done something unspeakable that needs to be forgiven, and thus both parties must swallow the same thing: their pride.”
― Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking: A Seeker's ABC

“Arab-ness is like Negro-ness, which only exists in the white man’s eyes.”
― Kamel Daoud, The Meursault Investigation

“If a society normalizes indecencies, then indecencies will be the norm, without countermeasures.”
― Henry Johnson Jr

“No man only needs a little salary.”
― Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman