"Do you know, Mother, that Haj Salem was buried alive in his home? Does he tell you stories in heaven now? I wish I had had a chance to meet him. To see his toothless grin and touch his leathery skin. To beg him, as you did in your youth, for a story from our Palestine. He was over one hundred years old, Mother. To have lived so long, only to be crushed to death by a bulldozer. Is this what it means to be Palestinian?"

-- Susan Abulhawa

#Mother Quotes #Home Quotes #Mean Quotes

“I believe a young player will run through a barbed wire fence for you. An older player looks for a hole in the fence, heâ€™ll try and get his way through it some way, but the young player will fight for you.”
“But who would dare condemn me in this world with no judges, where no one is innocent!”
“What is madness To those who only observe, is often wisdom To those to whom it happens.”

Source : Christopher Fry (1952). “A Phoenix Too Frequent”, p.36, Dramatists Play Service Inc
“We have already noticed the difference in the attitude of a spectator and of an agent or participant. The former is indifferent to what is going on; one result is just as good as another, since each is just something to look at. The latter is bound up with what is going on; its outcome makes a difference to him.”
“It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others.”
“If we didn't love things, then we couldn't feel their loss. The flip side of loving is losing. I mean, you can't experience one without the other.”
“Spilling a Secret What its size, will have varying consequences. Itâ€™s not possible to predict what will happen if you open the gunnysack, let the cat escape. A liberated feline might purr on your lap, or it might scratch your eyes out. You canâ€™t tell until you loosen the knot. Do you chance losing a friendship, if that friendâ€™s well-being will only be preserved by betraying sworn-to silence trust? Once the seam is ripped, can it be mended again? And if that proves impossible, will you be okay when it all falls to pieces?”
“If you could walk a mile in my shoes you'd be crazy too.”

Source : Song: Nothing To Lose

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