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The triple contagions of nationalism, utopianism and religious absolutism effervesece together into an acid that corrodes the moral metal of a race, and it shamelessly and even proudly performs deeds that it would deem vile if they were done by any other.

It would be too simple to say Rusteem Bey was looking for romantic love, because in reality he was looking for the missing part of himself, abd these are not often the same quest, even though we sometimes think they are.

It has sometimes occurred to me that God only bestows extreme beauty upon those to whom He wishes to bring misfortune.