"In these troubled times we live in, we should remain vigilant and see through populist arguments."

“Don't a fellow feel good after he gets out of a store where he nearly bought something.”

“I thought I was a good kid.”

“I conceived from the outset a strong objection to Zionism. I considered it immoral that immigrants should come from abroad with the avowed intention of attaining to majority in the country and thus to dispossess the people whose country it had been since time immemorial.”

Source : Muhammad Asad (1954). “The Road To Mecca”, p.107, The Book Foundation

“Land is immortal, for it harbors the mysteries of creation.”

“What if...? A question we ask to hurt ourselves.”

“In the creation of a garden, the architect invites the partnership of the Kingdom of Nature. In a beautiful garden the majesty of nature is ever present, but it is nature reduced to human proportions and thus transformed into the most efficient haven against the aggressiveness of contemporary life.”

“I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.”

“There is no patience so terrible as that of the deranged.”

Source : Sarah Waters (2002). “Fingersmith”, p.203, Penguin