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“The skin on her upper arms prickled like it’d done so many times back in Jeddah, a sign to be careful.”
― Louise Burfitt-Dons, The Missing Activist

tags: abuse-survivors, quotes

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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter

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“Individual cultures and ideologies have their appropriate uses but none of them erase or replace the universal experiences, like love and weeping and laughter, common to all human beings.”
― Aberjhani, Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays

tags: agape-love, angel-art, anti-racism, antiracism, appropriate-application, coexistence, common-ground, cultural-boundaries, cultural-demographics, cultural-differences, cultural-heritage, cultural-literacy, cultural-relativism, demographics, diversity, ending-violent-jihad, ending-war, faith-in-humanity, faith-in-love, human-beings, human-condition, humanity, ideologies, ideology, ideology-religion-war-compromise, interfaith-dialogue, joy, joy-of-life, laughter, love-for-humanity, multiculturalism, multiculturalismo, nonviolent-conflict-resolution, peacism, philosophy-for-millennials, race-relations, racial-division, racial-identity, social-philosophy, sociological-imagination, spiritual-philosophy, universal, universal-love, universal-truths, universality, waging-peace, weeping

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“In other words, if someone had a known history of being stalked or bullied, their so-called self-imposed death could provide a killer with the perfect cover for committing a crime.”
― Louise Burfitt-Dons, The Missing Activist

tags: author, bullying-quotes, stalking, thriller

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“Zinah had not lost her touch, had she? She had a way with these girls. Amirah now ached to become more devout. Another win.”
― Louise Burfitt-Dons, The Missing Activist

tags: jihadi-brides, thrillers-mystery

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