"Tragedy cannot be the end of our lives. We cannot allow it to control and defeat us."

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Source : Izzeldin Abuelaish (2011). “I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity”, p.212, Bloomsbury Publishing

Izzeldin Abuelaish

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“Jealousy dislikes the world to know it.”
“Though the clown is often deadpan, he is a connoisseur of laughter.”

Source : Mel Gussow (1998). “Theatre on the Edge: New Visions, New Voices”, Hal Leonard Corporation
“Since that night I have come to understand that sometimes the best families of all are those we create ourselves, the people we choose to be with.”

Source : FaceBook post by Silas House from Sep 21, 2014
“Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.”
“Among the myrtles the mantids moved, lightly, carefully, swaying slightly, the quintessence of evil. They were lank and green, with chinless faces and monstrous globular eyes, frosty gold, with an expression of intense, predatory madness in them. The crooked arms, with their fringes of sharp teeth, would be raised in mock supplication to the insect world, so humble, so fervent, trembling slightly when a butterfly flew too close.”
“I suppose with any good writing and interesting characters, you can have that awfully overused word: a journey.”

Source : "Alan Rickman: Truly, deeply appealing". articles.latimes.com. November 20, 2011.
“May it be my privilege to have the happiness of establishing the commonwealth on a firm and stable basis and thus enjoy the reward which I desire, but only if I may be called the architect of the best possible government; and bear with me the hope when I die, that the foundations which I have laid for its future government, will stand deep and secure.”

Source : "Divus Augustus". Book by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus translated by Robert Graves, 1957.
“Sometimes, people can go missing right before our very eyes.Sometimes, people can discover you, even though they've been looking at you the entire time. Sometimes, we lose sight of ourselves when we're not paying enough attention.”

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