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Lynn Beyrouthy
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“There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature.”
― Justine
― Justine
“We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.”
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“When I arrived in Beirut from Europe, I felt the oppressive, damp heat, saw the unkempt palm trees and smelt the Arabic coffee, the fruit stalls and the over-spiced meat. It was the beginning of the Orient. And when I flew back to Beirut from Iran, I could pick up the British papers, ask for a gin and tonic at any bar, choose a French, Italian, or German restaurant for dinner. It was the beginning of the West. All things to all people, the Lebanese rarely questioned their own identity.”
― Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon
― Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon
“Almost seventy years later I remember clearly how the magic of translating the words in books into images enriched my life, breaking the barriers of time and space...”
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“Man...heats up like a lightbulb: red hot in the twinkling of an eye and cold again in a flash. The female, on the other hand...heats up like an iron. Slowly, over a low heat, like tasty stew. But then, once she has heated up, there's no stopping her.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
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