“Truly we are creatures of labor and suffering, and nothing for long. Labor and suffering, and the plain sight of our destiny is the cruelest thing of all.”
― Iphigenia in Aulis
― Iphigenia in Aulis
“We would have to think the gods had no minds, to pray for murderers.”
― Iphigenia in Aulis
― Iphigenia in Aulis
“We'll buy back our own harm with what is most dear to us.”
― Iphigenia in Aulis
― Iphigenia in Aulis
“Oh where is the noble face of modesty, or the strength of virtue, now that blasphemy is in power and men have put justice behind them, and there is no law but lawlessness, and none join in fear of the gods?”
― Iphigenia in Aulis
― Iphigenia in Aulis
“Normal people began to see that a beard was not synonymous with honesty. It was simply a patchy place to hide one's lies.”
― Revolution for Dummies: Laughing through the Arab Spring
― Revolution for Dummies: Laughing through the Arab Spring
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