"In Palestine, the Israelis claim they found a land without people,' a Syrian officer explained to us. 'Now they will take southern Lebanon and claim they have found another land without people if these refugees do not return."

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Source : Robert Fisk (2001). “Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War”, p.130, Oxford University Press, USA

Robert Fisk

#Land Quotes #People Quotes #Southern Quotes

“One ambition of poetry, certainly, is to create a reverberant silence in its wake, one that means more or differently than the silence that preceded the poem.”

Source : "The lessons of objects: an interview with Mark Doty". Interview with Andrew David King, www.kenyonreview.org. December 12, 2012.
“Lay aside all conceit Learn to read the book of Nature for yourself. Those who have succeeded best have followed for years some slim thread which once in a while has broadened out and disclosed some treasure worth a life-long search.”
“"This is Lakshmi Singh." It's like a tadpole dying in muck. Take a drink. Wet your mouth.”
“I don't expect too much from the afterlife, I think that I know very well what pain is. When I think of the end of my life, I think mainly: I didn't do nothing, but I could have done more.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It seems like people are all the time making themselves themselves, but they don't really know it. You can only have true vision when you look behind. A person can slide so fast into being something they never really intended. I wonder if you can truly resurrect your own self.”
“I just want to say one thing...Thank you Eddie!”
“I carry from my mother's womb a fanatic's heart.”
“In our prayer and meditation we hope for fulfilling ordinary life.”

Source : Thomas Moore (1992). “Care of the soul: a guide for cultivating depth and sacredness in everyday life”, Harpercollins

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