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“As if reading his mind, Jamal-al-Din said, 'To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.”

Book:The Kindness of Enemies

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The Kindness of Enemies

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Leila Aboulela

Leila Aboulela is a British novelist and essayist born in 1964. Her works often explore themes of immigration, identity, and religious faith, deeply influenced by East African and Islamic cultures. more

“Hating clowns is a waste of time because you’ll never loathe a clown as much as he loathes himself, but a magician? Magicians think they’re wise and witty, full of patter and panache, walking around like they didn’t deserve to be shot in the back of the head and dumped in a lake. For all the grandeur of its self-regard, magic consists of nothing more than making a total stranger feel stupid. Worse, the magician usually dresses like a jackass.”

Humor Hate Magic Egotistical Magicians Clowns

Book:Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction

Source: Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction

“The things you hate and fight are shaping your identity. If your enemies are not worthy enough to define you, stop giving them importance. They will fade away and stop existing for you.”

Hate Identity Ego Fight Enemies

Author:Shunya

“I forgive you.’ This statement suggests attachment. If you have forgiven someone to close their chapter from your life, you won’t feel the need of saying it to them. They will just stop existing for you.”

Love Hate Relationship Forgiveness Attachment Detachment Closure

Author:Shunya

“Remember the toys that let out a funny sound when you squeeze them? Most people are like that. They don’t know what they’re saying. Some chemicals squeeze their brain and they blurt out words through their mouth or keypad. Don’t get affected by their praise or criticism.”

People Truth Hate Society Criticism Words

Author:Shunya

“Turn off the sound and watch a slap scene in a movie. Even if the gap between hand and check remains one feet, sound effect makes you feel that slap is real. When the picture is incomplete, your mind fills in your own colours in the gaps. If you are madly in love with someone, you will believe their most absurd lies. If you hate someone, you won’t even believe absolute truths told by them.”

Love Mind Truth Hate Spirituality Psychology Buddhism Lies Hinduism

Author:Shunya

“When a fruit becomes ripe and separates from the tree, that is a proper ending of relationship. But human relationships rarely have such ending. That’s why there is always an urge to re-start the relationship, just to have a proper ending.”

Love Mind Hate Relationships Psychology Heartbreak Break Up

Author:Shunya

“Her child has been taken away from her, Her breasts are overflowing with milk. So she feeds the orphans. Tears are flowing from her eyes. She is happy to help the orphans but there is a pain and guilt that the milk which was for her child is being consumed by others.”

Love Pain Suffering Hate Compulsion

Author:Shunya

“"The Kniaz is a handsome man," said one of her ladies-in-waiting. "He is handsome and noble," added the Kniahynia, reflecting, "but his hands are awash with blood. The blood of my master, my husband - and a warrior demands revenge! I could love him, if I did not have to hate him with all my heart.”

Hate Revenge

Book:Bloody Wedding in Kyiv: Two Tales of Olha, Kniahynia of Kyivan Rus

Source: Bloody Wedding in Kyiv: Two Tales of Olha, Kniahynia of Kyivan Rus

“Since it’s not really avoidable, I think the question is how to—if you like—turn [hatred] to advantage.... It’s a bit like alcohol, if you like. It’s a good servant, but it’s a bad master.”

Hate Hatred

Author:Christopher Hitchens

“Teach them to hate the other, then to fear the other. Once the other is hated and feared, false accusations are easier to sell.”

Love War Hate Politics Peace Humankind

Author:Anthem Fox

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