"In fact I didn't think about fear much at the time. I felt angry about everything that was happening around me: the violence of the dictatorship and the violence of society."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Hassan Blasim

#Thinking Quotes #Violence Quotes #Facts Quotes

“In a country where women regard themselves as equal, they are not prepared to see men running the show themselves.”

Source : "Swoop, apply lipstick, swoop again" by Tanya Gold, www.theguardian.com. August 7, 2009.
“A collection of errors does not make a truth: quality cannot stem from quantity â€“ a value is not a weight. The reasons of the majority cannot be taken as good reasons.”
“Having kids has been great for me. I have two beautiful step- kids, as well as my own new daughter. They've really helped me to keep my feet firmly on the ground, and life is good. I feel like I'm the luckiest guy here.”
“It is because the world is so full of suffering, that your happiness is a gift. It is because the world is so full of poverty, that your wealth is a gift. It is because the world is so unfriendly, that your smile is a gift. It is because the world is so full of war, that your peace of mind is a gift. It is because the world is in such despair, that your hope and optimism is a gift. It is because the world is so afraid, that your love is a gift.”
“It was all very well being told that she could do nothing to make things better. Neverfell did not have the kind of mind that could take that quietly. She did not have the kind of mind that could be quiet at all.”

Source : Frances Hardinge (2012). “A Face Like Glass”, p.42, Pan Macmillan
“We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.”
“Government power is always abused by seizing and perverting the law. And with few exceptions, government always determines what is law.”

Source : John Galt (1986). “Dreams Come Due: Government and Economics As If Freedom Mattered”
“...for limited purposes only, let me define religion as a set of symbolic forms and acts which relate man to the ultimate conditions of his existence.”

Source : Robert Neelly Bellah, Steven M. Tipton (2006). “The Robert Bellah Reader”, p.24, Duke University Press

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