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“Don’t talk about the moon, I remind myself. Ask everyone how *their* day was.”

Getting easier to read but definitely so overwhelming at first with the complexity of how the sentences are strung together

“Leaders of other anti-colonial movements were invariably vilified by their colonial masters and similar terms — terrorist, bandits, and murderers — whether they were Irish, Indian, Kenyan, or Algerian. Similarly, Israel’s demonization of the PLO as “terrorist” served as a justification for eradication.”

“[Maurice] was less troubled by carnal thoughts. He stood still in the darkness instead of groping about it, as if this was the end for which his body and soul had been so painfully prepared.”

“A central paradox of 1967 is that by defeating the Arabs, Israel resurrected the Palestinians”

“despite their manifest weakness, the dispersed, defeated Palestinians, written out of history by the victors of 1948, largely ignored or muzzled by the Arab governments, and sacrificed on the altar of the great powers’ global ambitions, repeatedly managed to upset the regional status quo that was so unfavorable to them.”

Now on radon. Some of this is repetitive but I also appreciate how conversational and detailed he is

Main character is sometimes difficult to empathize with but also Wharton perfectly paints the trap relying on men or ones in power puts one in. having to give up autonomy to live …