"How disturbing it is that our illusions are often our most important beliefs."

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Source : Hanif Kureishi (2010). “Intimacy”, p.83, Faber & Faber

Hanif Kureishi

#Important Quotes #Belief Quotes #Illusion Quotes

“Our children give us the opportunity to become the parents we always wished we'd had.”
“If you ever make anything too literal you might as well forget it. It loses everything.”
“Love ... is a sacred fire that must not be burnt to idols.”
“On the one hand, there has been a remarkable expansion of the total production and productivity of food production, and on the other hand an extraordinarily skewed distribution system, substituting medium-run threats for short-term threats for the majority of the world's population, particularly the 50 to 80 percent at the bottom.”
“We know that you must be very Upset and sad But just to let you know That we are here for you Should you need Help and support At this very sad and hard time That you must be going through”
“In one sense, no act of reparation will be satisfactory for those whose lives were so under-valued both as human beings held in slavery and then as human chattel to satisfy the financial indebtedness of a Catholic institution. Nonetheless, the university must also put into place - as it is attempting to do - a program that both admits the horror and error of its past actions and directs its students, faculty, and administrations to an awareness of the dignity of all people, especially those who even today are often considered less than worthy of respect and dignity.”
“We need the wisdom of women, and the experience of married people and parents, and the depth of the contemplative if we are to be formed as preachers.”
“The continual linking of the notions of terrorist and terrorism with Muslims and the Middle East is, essentially, an act of propaganda that cannot help but promote "Islamophobia."”

Source : Source: www.truth-out.org

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