“I have not been so much pushed by winds as pulled forward by the force of my decisions.” ForceDecisionWind Author:Jean Kwok
“I never want to love someone like that, so much that there would be no room left for myself, so much that I wouldn't be able to survive if he left me.” IfsWantWould BeAbleLeftRoomsLove SomeoneHe Left Me Author:Jean Kwok
“If my stories can touch you, make you laugh, forget unhappy things, or even give you that 'good job' feeling, then I'll be super, super happy!” IfsGivingStoriesFeelingsJobsForgetLaughingUnhappyGood JobMake You LaughSuper Happy Author:Kyousuke Motomi
“If you dwell in the darkness, you can see in the dark and look into the light. But in choosing the darkness, you know you are destined to walk alone.” IfsKnowsLifeLooksLightDarkWalksDarknessDestined Author:Colin Bateman
“Our willingness to believe the news is, in many cases, not entirely innocent.” BelieveCasesNewsInnocentWillingness Author:Eula Biss
“Fear is isolating for those that fear. And I have come to believe that fear is a cruelty to those who are feared.” BelieveCruelty Author:Eula Biss
“One of the paradoxes of our time is that the War on Terror has served mainly to reinforce a collective belief that maintaining the right amount of fear and suspicion will earn one safety. Fear is promoted by the government as a kind of policy. Fear is accepted, even among the best-educated people in this country, even among the professors with whom I work, as a kind of intelligence. And inspiring fear in others is often seen as neighborly and kindly, instead of being regarded as what my cousin recognized it for - a violence.” PeopleKindWarCountryGovernmentBeliefFearViolencePolicyAmountSafetyTerrorAcceptedEducatedOur TimeCollectivesParadoxProfessorsSuspicionCousinMaintainingWar On TerrorMy Cousin Author:Eula Biss
“Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan to transform her own life and ended up revolutionizing the lives of many of her Afghan sisters. This book made me feel like I was right there in the beauty salon, sharing in the tears and laughter as, outside my door, an entire country changed. KABUL BEAUTY SCHOOL is inspiring, exciting, and not to be missed.” FeelsMadeBookCountrySchoolDoorsChangedTearsLaughterExcitingAfghanistanAfghanSalonsKabulBeauty Salon Author:Masha Hamilton
“Love is a sickness. Some kind of a pathogen existing above all explanation.” KindLove IsExplanationSicknessPathogens Book:Sarah Court Source: Sarah Court
“How deeply do any of us know our own selves? Ask yourself. We hold a picture of how we wish to be and hope it goes forever unchallenged. Passing through life never pursuing aspects of our natures with which we'd rather not reckon. Dying strangers to ourselves.” KnowsSelfAsksWishForeverDyingAspectStrangerPassingPassingsPassing Through Book:Sarah Court Source: Sarah Court
