"As a result of the historic catastrophe in which Titus of Rome destroyed Jerusalem and Israel was exiled from its land, I was born in one of the cities of the Exile."

-- Shmuel Yosef Agnon

#Rome Quotes #Land Quotes #Cities Quotes

“You're just a little too hip for the room. It's not good to be too hip because two hips make an ass.”
“In terms of facial creams or lotions, I try to switch it up and stay as natural as possible. l like Le Mer facial cream for when I have an event. It's very rich and sometimes too rich for some people, but I like it.”
“We are the gods of the atoms that make up ourselves but we are also the atoms of the gods that make up the universe.”
“Oh Beloved, take me. Liberate my soul. Fill me with your love and release me from the two worlds. If I set my heart on anything but you let fire burn me from inside. Oh Beloved, take away what I want. Take away what I do. Take away what I need. Take away everything that takes me from you.”
“One of my younger homies, he went to jail, and some people came to me and were like, "Bail him out," and I said no. Why would I bail him out? He's going to prison. Let him sit and get some time served. You want to be crazy, but you don't want to go to jail. You want to shoot people, but you don't want to kill people. That's such a misleading thing.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“It's a question I often ask myself: what would I do with me? And I don't know the answer. I don't know what I'd do, except run away.”
“Democracy demands that elected members be able to realize fully the role for which they have been chosen.”
“If I could have him like this in my dreams every night of my life, I'd stake my entire life on dreams and be done with the rest.”

Source : André Aciman (2008). “Call Me by Your Name: A Novel”, p.109, Macmillan

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