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Quote by David Von Drehle

“History is not just about the past. It also reveals the present.”

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David Von Drehle, born on February 6, 1961, is an American writer whose works span a variety of genres, including history, biography, and journalism. He is known for his in-depth research and vivid narrative style. more

“With impeccable timing and a fine instinct for the telling detail, Francesca Abbate evokes the plenitudes and the deprivations of human habitation, the nurturing richness of landscape, and the soul-wound wrought by casual defacement. Abbate has a superb capacity for distillation and a mastery of poetic line, and her diction is remarkably flexible, accommodating both the demotic and the lyrical. Her poems are as consistent in quality as they are varied in pacing, surface, and tone. A fine first book.”

“But look around at this world, how perfectly it's made. Flowers can't move, yet the insects come to them and spread their pollen. Trees can't move either, but birds and animals eat their fruit and carry their seeds far and wide.”

World Looks Made Moving Animal Tree This World Flower Bird Fruit Spread Wide Seeds Insects Pollen

Book:Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

Source: Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

“Now, the other pillar of Israeli power - Western support and complicity - is starting to crack. We must do all we can to push it over.”

Support Western Starting Cracks Israeli Pillars Complicity

Author:Ali Abunimah

“The goal of #BDS is the full restoration of Palestinian rights, not an agreement to create an artificial mini-state in order to save Zionism”

States Order Goal Rights Agreement Artificial Palestinian Restoration Zionism

Author:Ali Abunimah

“I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies.”

Lying Rooms Talking Architecture Drawing Faster Sketching

Author:Le Corbusier

“Justice is the essence of peace”

Justice Essence

Author:Ali Abunimah

“It has been my experience that the people I judge most harshly are the ones in whom I recognize some part of myself.”

People Has Beens Judging

Author:Melissa Febos

“New York at night, from its bridges, is a miracle. When I first came to the city, it took all my fantasies and set them on fire, turned them into flickering constellations of light.”

Firsts Light Night Cities Fantasy Fire New York Miracle Bridges Constellations

Author:Melissa Febos

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