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Madonna in a Fur Coat

by Sabahattin Ali

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“Perhaps time’s definition of coal is the diamond.”
― Khalil Gibran

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“But ideological purity is a battle cry, it’s not the stable foundation for a unified country. A nation means nothing if it can’t provide for the people in it. You have to act for their sake.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Burning God

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“The best lies about me are the ones I told.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

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“Empires preserve their power with the stories that they tell, but just as critical are the stories they don’t—the dark silences they impose, the pages they tear out.”
― David Grann, The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

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“We worship perfection because we can't have it; if we had it, we would reject it. Perfection is inhuman, because humanity is imperfect.”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

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