"Often you shall think your road impassable, sombre and companionless. Have will and plod along; and round each curve you shall find a new companion."

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Source : Mikhail Naimy (2011). “The Book of Mirdad: The strange story of a monastery which was once called The Ark”, p.174, Duncan Baird Publishers

Mikhail Naimy

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“surrounded by strangers who love me (un)strangers made strange by pain”
“Any idea of a United India could never have worked and in my judgment it would have led us to terrific disaster.”
“Your spikes have gone floppy,”
“As the revenue of the farmer is realized in raw produce, or in the value of raw produce, he is interested, as well as the landlord, in its high exchangeable value, but a low price of produce may be compensated to him by a great additional quantity.”
“I don't want to unlove you because I love you.”
“I'm an adequatist! I would be happy with something adequate. Perfection's out of the question.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“Persecution has come upon us, right honorable brethren, and persecution in the severest form. Shepherds are persecuted that their flocks may be scattered. And the worst of all is that those who are being treated ill cannot accept their sufferings in proof of their testimony, nor can the people reverence the athletes as in the army of martyrs, because the name of Christians is applied to the persecutors. The one charge which is now sure to secure severe punishment is the careful keeping of the traditions of the Fathers.”
“Don't underestimate the power of the nonplussed look and the shake of the head. Letting noxious words hang in the air can be very powerful.”

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