"Her mind is a haunted house."

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Source : Nadeem Aslam (2008). “The Wasted Vigil”, p.5, Faber & Faber

Nadeem Aslam

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“Often people who already had an interest in human rights work. What I did notice with all of them, even the people who professed to be interested in human rights, was that activism was somewhat a concept in their mind - a symbolic flag on the quad or something to show how many people were starving in the world. But once they saw their efforts connected to a person, I did see a change.”

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“Every individual can improve from day to day, from year to year, and have greater capacity to do things as the years come and the years go.”
“I love poetry. It's at the heart of everything I do. Poetry transforms what we call language, and uses language as the stuff to become something else. I get spun around by what happens in words. When that occurs, it inspires images that seem so original to me as an artist, even though I'm following what the poem has offered.”

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“But I gotta say, I am so proud right now.â€ Axel flattened his hand over his heart. â€œYou borrowed my patented move, proving Iâ€™m made of more than awesome. Iâ€™m awesalicious. Is that a word? Itâ€™s probably a girl word, but who cares! Seriously. Do you see a tear in my eye? Because Iâ€™m pretty sure I feel one.”
“Worship...is evoked by Christ, through the Spirit, in such a way that He is the One who acts in us and through us, so that our worship becomes real worship in Spirit and in Truth.”
“Critics who attack my wife bug me. It makes me want to pay 'em a visit so I could give 'em a good punch in the nose.”
“Max cuffed his brother good-naturedly on the ear as River slid in past him and bent to kiss Sophia on the cheek. â€œHello, are you sure youâ€™re with the right brother?â€ Sophia had never had a younger sibling. But this man with his laughing eyes and bright smile... â€œAre you making me an offer?”
“The dead walk among us. Zombies, ghouls-no matter what their label-these somnambulists are the greatest threat to humanity, other than humanity itself.”

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