"We are all the siblings of Kuwait. She is the mother and the father, and we are the shield that protects her from her enemies"

-- Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah

#Mother Quotes #Father Quotes #Sibling Quotes

“For it is the suffering flesh, it is suffering, it is death, that lovers perpetuate upon the earth. Love is at once the brother, son, and father of death, which is its sister, mother, and daughter. And thus it is that in the depth of love there is a depth”
“Transformations require that we let go of familiar ways of doing things, without yet knowing what we will do next.”
“We look into each other's eyes as we shake. His are still full of death and horror, but in them I see my face reflected, and inside my tiny eyes inside his, I think I see some hope.”
“Some people, every now and then, simply had to have One Too Many, go drifty voiced and slouch mouthed, swimming willfully around in their own sadness as if it were hot springs.”
“Reviewers said Ghost Country was rich, astonishing and affecting in the way it blended comedy, magic, and a gritty urban realism in a breathtaking ride along Chicago's mean streets.”
“If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature.”
“The suicidally disgruntled were legion, And their enemies included any and all Americans, Brits, Canadians, Danes, et cetera; or, conversely, all Moslems, dark-skinned people, non-English-speakers, immigrants; all Catholics, fundamentalists, atheists; all liberals, all conservatives...For such people the consummate act of moral clarity was a lynching or a suicide bombing, a fatwa or a pogrom. And they were ascendant now, rising like dark stars over a terminal landscape.”
“When you are criticizing someone, you should speak only to your own experience - not others'.”

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