Setayesh Dashti

“A Nazi leader outmaneuvers his opponents by manufacturing a general conviction that the present moment is exceptional, and then transforming that state of exception into a permanent emergency. Citizens then trade real freedom for fake safety.”
― Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: The Book to Help You Understand Why Democracy Is Failing

“Quand on se compare à ce qui vous entoure, on s'admire ; mais quand on lève les yeux plus haut, vers les maîtres, vers l'absolu, vers le rêve, comme on se méprise  !”
― Gustave Flaubert, Correspondance 3e série. 1852-1854

“elle vient dans mon cabinet m'entretenir de ses chagrins domestiques. Je ne peux la mettre à la porte, mais j'en ai fort envie. Je me suis réservé dans la vie un très petit cercle, mais une fois qu'on entre dedans je deviens furieux, rouge.   J'avais”
― Gustave Flaubert, Correspondance 3e série. 1852-1854

“Both OU and OW had good reasons to become the standard spelling for this post-shift vowel, but English failed to make a firm decision in favour of one or the other. It has even exploited the optionality to distinguish different words with a common origin. We spell flower with OW, while we use OU for the best quality or the ‘flower’ of ground grain – that is, flour.”
― Danny Bate, Why Q Needs U