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“From the beauty they deserve will come the love they deserve. And from the love will follow truth.”

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The book delves into the psychological and emotional journey of a young woman who has grown up in isolation, her interactions with the natural world reflecting her inner turmoil and the struggle to understand her own identity. more

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Alex Shakar

Alex Shakar is an American novelist born in 1968. His works are known for their unique narrative style and profound insights into modern life. more

“Nothing lasts forever. But—especially as it seems to me cities and humans are symbiotically and inextricably bound at this point—I hope cities have a good, long run. Plus, cities are beautiful creatures in their own right; and as with us, their vulnerability and ephemerality are part of that beauty.”

Humans Long Seems Running Lasts Beautiful Cities Forever Creatures Bounds Vulnerability Plus Long Runs Beautiful Creatures Nothing Lasts Forever Good Long

Author:Alex Shakar

“That's the problem with relationships, It's a contract. You agree to be some unchanging caricature of yourself. To act the same way all the time. Never to change. It's counter-evolutionary. How can anything new and good come into your life, if you're holding on to something that doesn't exist anymore?”

Ifs Way Problem Agree Contracts Holding On Caricatures Unchanging

Book:Luminarium

Source: Luminarium

“Custer is said to have boasted that he could ride through the entire Sioux Nation with his Seventh Cavalry, and he was half right. He got half-way through.”

Way Said Nations Half Half Way Cavalry Custer

Author:Vine Deloria Jr.

“From 1975 to 1979 - through execution, starvation, disease, and forced labor - the Khmer Rouge systematically killed an estimated two million Cambodians, almost a fourth of the country's population.”

Two Country Millions Disease Labor Population Fourth Execution Starvation Rouge Khmer Rouge

Book:First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

Source: First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

“As I tell people about genocide, I get the opportunity to redeem myself. I’ve had the chance to do something that’s worth me being alive... The more I tell people, the less the nightmares haunt me.”

People Opportunity Chance Alive Nightmare Genocide

Book:First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

Source: First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

“Sometimes I think that all anyone needs in life is lots of popcorn and a few Lovelies”

Thinking Needs Sometimes Life Is Popcorn

Author:Sam Savage

“I really do think that art can save you in some sense. It's the last meaning, unless you're religious-and I'm not religious. It's the only secular vehicle for transcendence we have. It's an immediate self-validating experience. It lifts you beyond your mortal clay.”

Thinking Art Self Lasts Religious Mortals Lifts Vehicle Secular Clay Transcendence

Author:Sam Savage

“It could be disastrous to speak your mind while you are deep in thought.”

Mind Speak Deep Thought Speak Your Mind

Author:C.J. Langenhoven

“Absence is the enemy of love and the friend of friendship.”

Enemy Absence

Author:C.J. Langenhoven

“There are people who are so cautious that they are careful not to waste their fear.”

People Fear Waste Careful Cautious

Author:C.J. Langenhoven

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