"Since the world began has any man ever been able to know what would happen tomorrow? The world of men is today. I'm asking you to open your heart today. Tomorrow belongs to Allah ..."

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Source : Paul Bowles (1955). “The Spider's House”

Paul Bowles

#Heart Quotes #Men Quotes #World Quotes

“If you can remember that stocks aren't pieces of paper that gyrate all the time --they are fractional interests in businesses -- it all makes sense.”
“Next to God, love is the word most mangled in every language. The highest form of regard between two people is friendship, and when love enters, friendship dies.”
“Love is when you meet someone who tells you something new about yourself.”
“The fear of blacks has become the dirty little secret of our political culture.”
“After months of lies, the president has given millions of people around the world reason to doubt that he has sent Americans into battle for the right reasons, ... The fact that Americans are expressing these doubts shows that the president is losing his ability to lead. If the president refuses to resign for the sake of the nation, I believe he should be impeached and face Senate trial.”

Source : "Impeachment Debate Postponed / House Republicans want to reschedule vote no later than Monday" by Marc Sandalow, www.sfgate.com. December 17, 1998.
“How strange to have failed as a social creatureâ€”even criminals do not fail that wayâ€”they are the law's "Loyal Opposition," so to speak. But the insane are always mere guests on earth, eternal strangers carrying around broken decalogues that they cannot read.”
“If the condition of grief is nearly universal, its transactions are exquisitely personal.”
“Let us remind ourselves that it is ordinary people - men and women, boys and girls - that make the world a special place”

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