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“Dont invite envy to your house you never know who will show up, she used to warn me.”
“Don’t invite envy to your house – you never know who will show up,” she used to warn me.”
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. (Edmund Burke)”
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” (Edmund Burke)”
“Isnt it better just to make your own money, and then spend it how and when you want, and with dignity?”
“Isn’t it better just to make your own money, and then spend it how and when you want, and with dignity?”
“You and your siblings are the most precious part of my life. And of all my children, you have the most potential to go anywhere you wish in this world your test scores and grades have always been ...”
“Its not a bad thing, if youre responsible about it. Just dont start having boyfriends. Wait until youve found your husband. And how am I supposed to find a husband if I cant have a boyfriend until ...”
“And you can do far more for us from America than you can from here, where youre just another defenseless Christian. So if you really want to help, Inas, then youll go to the very best school you ca...”
“It will all work out, Inas. You come from a long line of survivors and strong women. So everything will be fine in the end. And we are always with you in spirit, to guide you and love you.”
“Im not sure. But unless Im struggling with the darkness within I like to sustain the illusion that death is actually much further from me than it really is.”
“Compartmentalization is an unconscious psychological defense mechanism employed to avoid cognitive dissonance.”
“I kept returning to this new and bizarre question: is there anything that actually is as it seems? Is anything perceptually straightforward? Maybe thats inherently impossible, because impressions a...”
“Sometimes violence is necessary to prevent even more violence, I concluded, almost as if it were an epiphany.”
“Because in the end, we die. Its like Chekhov observed in so many of his plays: in two hundred years, no one will even know we were here.”
“So our narcissism has bared forth an unflattering nakedness that shames our species. But this is humanity. This is our condition.”
“Well, on some level, its similar to the psychological phenomenon of helplessness, where the will to try is lost. You get to the point where you just assume that your spontaneous call to a friend wi...”
“So your theory would seem to be that lying to yourself is no lie at all because you havent deceived any third party. And if you then convince yourself of those lies, youll believe them enough to re...”
“You have to take this with you too, she said, opening a box and holding up a silver necklace with the Syriac cross (a crucifix with a budding flower shape on each tip) dangling from it. My mother g...”
“And you never fall behind?Of course I do. But I always feel guilty when that happens. After all, my journal is the oldest and most loyal friend I have. And it never interrupts me when Im speaking, ...”
“Honest dishonesty. Thats quite the oxymoron but I like the originality that youve brought to bear in the art of rationalization. Maybe you should consider becoming a lawyer, he added jokingly.”
“They truly embodied goodness and generosity like angels sent to save me in my hour of greatest need. Mohammed had risked everything to keep a promise to my father. He and his family saved not only...”
“So if you choose me, then you have declared me more special to you than anyone else, because only one man can have that honor.”
