It happens every day that a gambler loses not only what he has, but also what he does not have.’
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“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. BUDDHA”
― The River We Remember
― The River We Remember
“No, I am not sorry for myself, because I shall always manage to get by: I shall still have my books, my pencils and my piano, things which are not expensive and which I shall always be able to obtain.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“THE FIRST ENTRY in the first journal had been made in tentative script when she was twelve years old. It read: This book is a gift from Mama Farrah. She told me it’s my beginning. I asked her the beginning of what? She said my life.”
― The River We Remember
― The River We Remember
“He taught me to pay attention.” “To what? “Everything. The beauty of it all. The way the earth smells wet and raw when it’s first turned in the spring or after a summer rain. How the wind bends a field of tall grass into a moving sea. The creak and moan of trees, like they’re talking to one another, or to us if we listen. Everything about the river, the Alabaster. I grew up fishing it, swimming it, watching it flood the fields again and again. My father had great respect for that river.”
― The River We Remember
― The River We Remember
“You know how big the human heart is?” Graff balled his hand into a fist. “About that size. I continue to be amazed at how much hate such a small thing can hold, even in people who think of themselves as decent and Christian.”
― The River We Remember
― The River We Remember
Mohammad’s 2025 Year in Books
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