Cheryl Hager

“Louis Duprée described this contradiction in his work on Afghanistan: “Islam, in essence, is not a backward, anti-progressive, anti-modern religion, although many of its interpreters, the human, action component, may be backward and anti-progressive.” It is the classic curse of organized religion—when its interpretation is hijacked by mortals as a means to control others.”
― Jenny Nordberg, The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan

“I suppose that's the way affairs come to an end. Somebody grabs a fork and stabs the other in the hand. And that's it”
― Alexander McCall Smith, My Italian Bulldozer

“I don't know the ultimate fate of a suppressed fart.”
― Mary Roach, Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

“If someone didn't try to seduce my brain, they didn't make it to my bedchamber.”
― Maniscalco Kerri