"Love and prayer are intimately related."

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Source : Diana Abu-Jaber (2004). “Crescent: A Novel”, p.18, W. W. Norton & Company

Diana Abu-Jaber

“Whatever the outcome may be, the important thing is to step forward on the path that you believe is right.”
“Every time I show up to do something here it's considered a comeback. If I came into town and they didn't call it that, I'd be disappointed.”
“When they favor the access of other people to education and health care, the countries of the North not only demonstrate generosity or solidarity, but also implement the principles of respecting and promoting human rights.”
“I believe this. When we meet those we fall in love with, there is an aspect of our spirit that is historian, a bit of a pedant who reminisces or remembers a meeting when the other has passed by innocentlyâ€¦but all parts of the body must be ready for the other, all atoms must jump in one direction for desire to occur.”

Source : FaceBook post by Michael Ondaatje from Jan 09, 2013
“My childhood was colorfully anarchic and punctuated by a lot of change.”
“A positive mind finds a way it can be done; a negative mind looks for all the ways it can't be done.”

Source : Napoleon Hill (1997). “Napoleon Hill's Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations For Making Each Day a Success”, p.115, Penguin
“I said I was impressed, Martha. I'm beside myself with jealousy. What do you want me to do, throw up?”
“We must remind our people that a great majority of Catholics including their own families were once themselves immigrants forced to endure the nativist bigotry of earlier generations who spoke about Catholics with the same disparaging vitriol being hurled at the new immigrants of now.”

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