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""When you are guilty, all you can ask for is a deferral of the judgement."" — Jun 27, 2013 11:57PM
""When you are guilty, all you can ask for is a deferral of the judgement."" — Jun 27, 2013 11:57PM
“The most frightening thing in the world is our own self.”
― Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
― Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
“I didn't want any surprises; I churlishly thought if I revealed my Judaism at McDonald's, I would somehow be protected by the friendly American forces of crispy chicken sandwiches and supersized French fries.”
― Children of Jihad: A Young American's Travels Among the Youth of the Middle East
― Children of Jihad: A Young American's Travels Among the Youth of the Middle East
“Reading aloud is different from just following sentences with your eyes. Something quite unexpected wells up in your mind, a kind of indefinable resonance that I find impossible to resist.”
― Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
― Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
“I had no right to claim him, I know it. But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.”
― Circe
― Circe
“Once you make up your mind to get rid of something, there’s very little you can’t discard. No – not very little. Once you put your mind to it, there’s nothing you can’t get rid of. And once you start tossing things out, you find yourself wanting to get rid of everything. It’s as if you’d gambled away almost all your money and decided, What the hell, I’ll bet what’s left. Too much trouble to cling to the rest”
― Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
― Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
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