"The Islam of the 18th, 19th and first half of the 20th century was a poor thing. Nobody bothered about it. Islam was that funny sort of pure system of beliefs that depressed people in the Middle East held as their religion."

-- John Keegan

#People Quotes #Islam Quotes #Middle East Quotes

“The man who cannot live with charity, sharing other men's pain, is punished by feeling his own with intolerable anguish.”
“When the heart is cut or cracked or broken Do not clutch it Let the wound lie open Let the wind from the good old sea blow in to bathe the wound with salt and let it sting. Let a stray dog lick it Let a bird fly in the hole and sing a simple song like a tiny bell and let it ring.”
“I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered.”
“Freedom, in childhood, may be the right to be totally self-centered. Â… But freedom in old age is the ability to be the best of the self I have developed during all those years.”
“Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.”
“Hitch was interested in what I had to offer, like one of my background ideas for Norman's upbringing.”
“There are dreadful moments when death comes very near those we love, even if for the time being it passes by. But life is a great adventure, and the worst of all fears is the fear of living.”
“I never give up on things.”

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