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“The ports also have dreams: To go to the other ports!”

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Mehmet Murat Ildan is a renowned Turkish writer born on May 16, 1965. His works span various literary forms including novels, essays, and poetry, and have gained widespread popularity among readers. more

“Women get into a relationship hoping a man will change, and he never does; men get into a relationship hoping the woman don't change, but she always does. Men want their partners to be consistent. That they won't make impromptu impossible demands nor baffle him with classically female sudden-onset hysterical behavior.”

Men Women Relationships

Book:The Girlfriend Curse

Source: The Girlfriend Curse

“It's okay if the sea is stormy, because the sea is often stormy anyway, we are used to it! But what if the port is stormy? If you know that the ports you rely upon very much may one day be unreliable, you know a lot!”

Mehmet Murat Ildan Quotes Stormy Unreliable Port Quotes Port Quotations Ports Quotes

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“The war dragged on, as wars tend to do.”

War Battle Conflict Civil War Tendency Interminable Dragging On

Book:Hardtack: A Civil War Story

Source: Hardtack: A Civil War Story

“The behaviour of the English people I had run into was making it very difficult to nail down a theory that the reason my trip so far had been such a bizarre success, was that Irish people were crazy. One Englishman had spent a morning on the telephone trying to organise a helicopter to take me out to an island, when a boat was leaving only a few yards away, and here was another, making a two-hour round trip for no reason other than to lend a helping hand. Two of the more eccentric pieces of behaviour hadn't been performed by the Irish, but by my fellow countrymen. However, both Andy and Tony had embraced wholeheartedly a love of the Irish way of living life.”

Hospitality Hitchhiking Welcoming Irish People

Book:Round Ireland with a Fridge

Source: Round Ireland with a Fridge

“Hospitality is a prized virtue of monastic communities. Benedict's rule says: 'All guests who present themselves are to be welcomed as Christ, for he himself will say, "I was a stranger and you welcomed me."' Brother Alphonsus served as a doorkeeper in the seventeenth century at a Jesuit college in Majorca, Spain. Each time someone knocked at the door he would reply, 'I am coming, Lord!' This practice reminded him to treat each person with as much respect as if it were Jesus himself at the door.”

Hospitality Jesuit Benedict Welcoming Alphonsus Monastic Communities

Book:God in My Everything: How an Ancient Rhythm Helps Busy People Enjoy God

Source: God in My Everything: How an Ancient Rhythm Helps Busy People Enjoy God

“Maybe it was this place, this strange, ramshackle, warm-hearted place, that had given his wife that air of laughing, welcoming life. Because here she bloomed. With him she had faded and he had faded with her. Yet here she was, his Jane again. His hope. And he had never, ever wanted to hope again.”

Love Life Hope Laughing Strange Place Fade Bloom Warm Hearted Welcoming Ramshackle

Book:The Runaway Countess

Source: The Runaway Countess

“As a refugee who fled civil war as a child, I am still trying to figure out where I fit in - which is perhaps why the most important note I found sticking to the wall outside my office had only three words. You belong here.”

Inspirational Refugee Welcoming

Book:This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman

Source: This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman

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