"The West has funded the war against itself by buying Arab oil. It is as simple and as tragic as that."

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Source : Phyllis Chesler (2013). “An American Bride in Kabul: A Memoir”, p.188, Macmillan

Phyllis Chesler

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“The computer has evolved into a partner, a tool, and an environment--not just in science fiction, but in the public consciousness as well. Computers are no longer malevolent iron brains that manufacture tyrannical and oppressive answers; they are not a way to think, they are a place from which to think. The computer is an environment in which answers can be sought, created, manipulated and developed.”
“People see my face, they hear my voice, and I know they're thinking about my father. That's OK - he was a great man.”
“The succession of thoughts appears in time, but the gap between two of them is outside time. The gap itself is normally unobserved. The chance of enlightenment is missed.”

Source : Paul Brunton (1988). “Advanced contemplation: The peace within you”, Larson Pubn
“David Corbett's The Art of Character offers a deep inquiry into the creation of character for the novice writer, with valuable nuggets of wisdom for the seasoned storyteller. If you are a writer, it should be on your desk.”
“And yet, anything real, anything strong, was never easy. She'd been taught from an early age that the things that mattered most were the hardest to obtain.”
“Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.”
“Once, somebody asked Robert Schumann to explain the meaning of a certain piece of music he had just played on the piano. What Robert Schumann did was sit back down at the piano and play the piece of music again.”

Source : David Markson (1995). “Wittgenstein's mistress”, Dalkey Archive Pr
“In the tiny torn up pieces of his mind he's irresistible too.”

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