"You who have suffered so much do not want to be with the kind of person who makes "black widow" jokes to deal with an uncomfortable, painful moment. You should be with a person capable of great compassion and understanding."

-- Mallory Ortberg

#Compassion Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Black Quotes

“Palestine is about how we drink the water, whether we are being ecological or not. Palestine is our way of exercising our daily living. That's what's going to solve the problem of Palestine. It's also how we think of ourselves spiritually. This kind of disconnectedness is harmful to the person who is acting that way and is sometimes annoying.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“A day will come when the nationalists will find themselves the only defenders of Islam. They will have to give a special meaning to it if they want the Arab nation to have a good reason for survival.”

Source : "In Memory of the Arab Prophet" by Michel Aflaq, April 1, 1943.
“That's why I had to leave Hair on Broadway, because I did it for about a year, and one night I was doing the show, and I realized, well, this is not real. I told the director. He says, man, it was a killer show tonight.”
“I like bootcut jeans in a plain style with a nice line.”
“Most criticism of advertising is written in ignorance of what actually happens inside these agencies.”

Source : Michael Schudson (2013). “Advertising, The Uneasy Persuasion (RLE Advertising): Its Dubious Impact on American Society”, p.45, Routledge
“Ive always enjoyed the teen angst thing. I had a lot of teen angst as I was growing up, so I think I have a lot to say about it through characters before I have to move on.”
“When people begin to understand that whatever they think and feel happens, then the psychic phenomena begin to rise, which is what's happening now.”
“I am more sensitive than other people. Things that other people would not notice awaken a distinct echo in me, and in such moments of lucidity, when I look at myself, I see that I am alone, all alone, all alone.”

Source : Henri Barbusse (2005). “The Inferno”, p.65, 1st World Publishing

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