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“Your war drum ain't / louder than this breath.”

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Suheir Hammad is a celebrated Palestinian-American poet whose work delves into themes of identity, politics, and social justice. Born on October 25, 1973, she has made a substantial impact on the literary world with her compelling poetry. more

“The evenings grew longer; kitchen windows stayed open after dinner and peepers could be heard in the marsh. Isabelle, stepping out to sweep her porch steps, felt absolutely certain that some wonderful change was arriving in her life. The strength of this belief was puzzling; what she was feeling, she decided, was really the presence of God.”

Feelings Certain Belief Felt Steps Wonderful Heard Grew Window Decided Dinner Evening Kitchen Arriving Presence Of God Porch Puzzling Marshes

Book:Amy & Isabelle

Source: Amy & Isabelle

“People must flatter their own eyes with their pathetic lives. The things I was saying followed logically the things that I had said before, yet bore no relation to what I was thinking and feeling.”

People Thinking Said Feelings Eye Relation Bores Pathetic

Book:My Life and My Life in the Nineties

Source: My Life and My Life in the Nineties

“The book I'm looking for,' says the blurred figure, who holds out a volume similar to yours, 'is the one that gives the sense of the world after the end of the world, the sense that the world is the end of everything that there is in the world, that the only thing there is in the world is the end of the world.”

World Giving Book Ends Figures Volume End Of The World

Book:If On A Winter's Night A Traveller

Source: If On A Winter's Night A Traveller

“People can only be found in what they do.”

People Found

Book:The wars

Source: The wars

“What she was finding also was how one book led to another, doors kept opening wherever she turned and the days weren't long enough for the reading she wanted to do.”

Long Book Enough Wanted Reading Doors Findings Opening

Book:The Uncommon Reader

Source: The Uncommon Reader

“Books are not about passing time. They're about other lives. Other worlds. Far from wanting time to pass, one just wishes one had more of it. If one wanted to pass the time one could go to New Zealand.”

Ifs World Book Wanted Wish Passing Passings Hobbies Other Worlds New Zealand

Book:The Uncommon Reader

Source: The Uncommon Reader

“A book is a device to ignite the imagination.”

Book Reading Imagination Devices Reading Books Book Reading Ignite Books And Reading Love Of Reading Inspiring Book

Book:The Uncommon Reader

Source: The Uncommon Reader

“Don't worry. You're just as sane as I am.”

Worry Sanity Sane Order Of The Phoenix

Author:J. K. Rowling

“Now the story of Christ is simply a true myth: a myth working on us the same way as the others, but with this tremendous difference that it really happened: and one must be content to accept it in the same way, remembering that it is God’s myth where the others are men’s myths: i.e., the Pagan stories are God expressing Himself through the minds of poets, using such images as He found there, while Christianity is God expressing Himself through what we call 'real things'.”

Men Way Mind Real Stories Remember Found Christ Differences Accepting Christianity Happened Poet Myth Real Things Pagan

Book:Yours, Jack: The Inspirational Letters of C. S. Lewis

Source: Yours, Jack: The Inspirational Letters of C. S. Lewis

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