Nassif Abou Khalil
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“...There are so many people out there with lives far less fortunate than ours, and if we got even a taste of what it's like to be them it would crush us, we'd never make it through. Because we're lucky, we've got things pretty easy. But that's not something we need to feel ashamed of.”
― Dead-End Memories: Stories
― Dead-End Memories: Stories
“We've been lonely for so long, and this was why. We were so lonely we couldn't even know it.”
― Dead-End Memories: Stories
― Dead-End Memories: Stories
“I realized that I’d never appreciated how peaceful and precious my life had been before.”
― Dead-End Memories: Stories
― Dead-End Memories: Stories
“It's his desire for freedom that makes him move so fluidly, and makes people feel so contented and joyful when they're around him, I thought.”
― Dead-End Memories: Stories
― Dead-End Memories: Stories
“This feels good, I thought. I'm just happy he's here. I don't need him to be mine. I wanted to appreciate him the way I did giant trees in the park, which gave people shelter and relief but didn't belong to anybody.”
― Dead-End Memories: Stories
― Dead-End Memories: Stories
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