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"I’m lost. There’s a few storylines that we’re following in each new chapter. i want to say that this is one of those broken timelines where the past, present and future are being presented in a non-chronological. i’m a bit lost." — Apr 27, 2026 03:31PM
"I’m lost. There’s a few storylines that we’re following in each new chapter. i want to say that this is one of those broken timelines where the past, present and future are being presented in a non-chronological. i’m a bit lost." — Apr 27, 2026 03:31PM
end of World War II, Karachi’s population was around four hundred thousand. Today it’s at least thirteen million, one of the larger cities in the world.
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.”
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“[T]he absolutely true...exists, and i know what it is. The problem is that you know too, and that we know different things, which puts us...armed with universal judgements that are irreconcilable, all dressed up and nowhere to go for authoritative adjudication.”
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“As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.”
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“It is easy to blur the truth with a simple linguistic trick: start your story from "Secondly." Yes, this is what Rabin did. He simply neglected to speak of what happened first. Start your story with "Secondly," and the world will be turned upside-down. Start your story with "Secondly," and the arrows of the Red Indians are the original criminals and the guns of the white men are entirely the victims. It is enough to start with "Secondly," for the anger of the black man against the white to be barbarous. Start with "Secondly," and Gandhi becomes responsible for the tragedies of the British.”
― I Saw Ramallah
― I Saw Ramallah
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