"Isn't connecting people to distant lands and culture one of the strengths of good literature?"

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Elif Safak

#Land Quotes #People Quotes #Culture Quotes

“I love being a woman. I love the sexiness we get to exude. But the best thing about being a woman is the power we have over men.”
“From plants that wake when others sleep, from timid jasmine buds that keep their odour to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let the delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about.”
“The highest laws of the land (America) are not only the constitution and constitutional laws, but also contracts.”
“Charity is today a 'political charity.'. . . it means the transformation of a society structured to benefit a few who appropriate to themselves the value of the work of others. This transformation ought to be directed toward a radical change in the foundation of society, that is, the private ownership of the means of production.”

Source : Gustavo Gutiérrez (1988). “A theology of liberation: history, politics, and salvation”
“The most vital quality a soldier can possess is self-confidence.”
“The phrase â€˜the Internet never forgetsâ€™ is complete bollocks”
“You seem to think that the only genuine existence evil can have is conscious existence - that no one is evil unless he admits it to himself. I disagree.”
“Whatever my party affiliation, I will continue to be guided by President Kennedy's statement that sometimes party asks too much.”

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