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“If you dance with the devil, then you haven’t got a clue, for you think you’ll change the devil, but the devil changes you.”
― J.M. Smith, If You Dance with the Devil...

“Brewing and serving tea is an aesthetic ritual in Iran, performed several times a day. We serve tea in transparent glasses, small and shapely, the most popular of which is call slim-wasted:round and full at the top, narrow in the middle and round and full at the bottom. The color of the tea and its subtle aroma are and indication of the brewer's skill.”
― Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

“I’m not totally mad at you. I’m just sad. You’re all locked up in that little world of yours, and when I try knocking on the door, you just sort of look up for a second and go right back inside.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“The only real escape from hell is to conquer it.”
― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char