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“Water-boarding can result in damage to the lungs and the brain, as well as long-term psychological trauma.”

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Graydon Carter is a prominent American journalist and editor, most famous for his role as the editor of 'Vanity Fair' magazine from 1992 to 2013. He is recognized for his sharp wit and insightful commentary on American culture and politics. more

“Do you know, Mother, that Haj Salem was buried alive in his home? Does he tell you stories in heaven now? I wish I had had a chance to meet him. To see his toothless grin and touch his leathery skin. To beg him, as you did in your youth, for a story from our Palestine. He was over one hundred years old, Mother. To have lived so long, only to be crushed to death by a bulldozer. Is this what it means to be Palestinian?”

Knows Years Mean Long Doe Stories Home Mother Heaven Wish Chance Alive Youth Hundred Skins Do You Know Buried Palestinian Palestine Crushed Salem Toothless Bulldozers

Author:Susan Abulhawa

“Always" is a good word to believe in.”

Believe Good Words

Book:Mornings in Jenin

Source: Mornings in Jenin

“I feel sad for him. Sad for the boy bound to the killer. I am sad for the youth betrayed by their leaders for symbols and flags and war and power.”

Feels War Leader Boys Youth Bounds Symbols Flags Killers Betrayed I Feel Sad

Author:Susan Abulhawa

“We're all born with the greatest treasures we'll ever have in life. One of those treasures is your mind, another is your heart.”

Mind Heart Born Treasure Greatest Treasure

Book:Mornings in Jenin

Source: Mornings in Jenin

“the reverse side of love is unbearable loss.”

Sides Loss Love Is Reverse Unbearable

Book:Mornings in Jenin

Source: Mornings in Jenin

“Our worst fears, like our greatest hopes, are not outside our powers, and we can come in the end to triumph over the former and to achieve the latter.”

Ends Achieve Worst Former Triumph Latter Worst Fear

Book:In Search of Lost Time: Finding Time Again

Source: In Search of Lost Time: Finding Time Again

“Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them: they can be injured by us, they can be wounded; they know all our penitence, all our aching sense that their place is empty, all the kisses we bestow on the smallest relic of their presence.”

Knows Kissing Empty Forgotten Smallest Wounded Injured Relics Penitence

Book:Four Novels of George Eliot

Source: Four Novels of George Eliot

“There is no ship now that can bear me hence”

Bears Ships Return Of The King

Author:J. R. R. Tolkien

“No doubt our love was still there, but quite simply it was unusable, heavy to carry, inert inside of us, sterile as crime or condemnation. It was no longer anything except a patience with no future and a stubborn wait.”

Stills Waiting Doubt Crime Heavy No Doubt Stubborn Our Love Condemnation

Author:Albert Camus

“Maybe one day you’ll understand I don’t want nothing more than to sweetly hold your hand.”

Want Hands One Day Maybe One Day

Author:Regina Spektor

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