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“And yet a cool-headed analysis made it clear that the result of the war was not an event; it was a process: the culmination of twenty-five years of failure to turn victory into peace.”


I wish I could staple this sentence into some people’s heads.

Tomorrow, I will finish this book.

“Part of the reason I have meditated on this ugly aspect of Switzerland’s recent economic history is because it would be neglectful of me, as an Armenian, to sidestep it”

“My first visit to Israel was a mixture of frustration, sadness, admiration and a touch of envy. Here was a country that had so much in common with Armenia—an ancient nation, a tiny dot on the map, determined to survive, to thrive, and punching so high above its weight.”
If only Armen knew that I have had the same thoughts as him.