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“This here is your inheritance, says the senior partner. Yes, he says, Ludwig, I know, and stows the plan for the bathing house (5.5m long, 3.8m wide, outer wall construction: wood, roof construction: thatch), stows both the plan and the mosquito in his briefcase. On a German shelf, this mosquito, pressed flat between large quantities of paper, will outlast time and times, and one day it might even be petrified, who knows.”

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Book:Visitation
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“...Come on let’s see the degree.” Katherine unrolled her scroll displaying a long declaration in Latin affixed with a red seal proclaiming her a Master of Art. “Imagine working for years to obtain a piece of paper we can hardly read ” Katherine joked. “And to officially declare you have talent ” Suzy returned.”

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Book:Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
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“Some people do not want you to grow and succeed because they like looking down on you. As long as their life was better than yours they felt good about themselves, it made them feel superior. However, all that changes once you know your worth and being to understand your greatness. They feel threatened and will do and say anything to keep you down which is why you need to be careful of the advice you receive.”

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Author:Sope Agbelusi
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“Some people do not want you to grow and succeed because they like looking down on you. As long as their life was better than yours they felt good about themselves, it made them feel superior. However, all that changes once you being to know your worth and understand your greatness. They feel threatened and will do and say anything to keep you down which is why you need to be careful of the advice you receive.”

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Author:Sope Agbelusi
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“Bagi perempuan, komitmen nggak lebih hanya sekadar penjamin rasa aman--iya, supaya kita nggak dimiliki orang lain. Sedang pernikahan adalah pemuas fantasi masa kecil mereka. Pernah dengar seperti apa perempuan bercerita tentang pernikahan impiannya? Gaun putih panjang, pernikahan penuh dekorasi indah dan bunga-bunga. Kita laki-laki hanya pelengkap fantasi sialan itu! Berdiri di sebelah mereka di pelaminan, tak ubahnya seperti backdrop buat mereka!”

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Book:Marry Now, Sorry Later
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“I asked Raghav, as we were looking over the wasteland, if the Muslims they burnt would beg for their lives. "Yes they would say, Have mercy on us. But we were filled with such hate; we had Radhabi Chawl on our minds. And even if there was one who said, Let him go, there would be ten others saying, No kill him. And so we had to kill him. "But what if he was innocent?" Raghav looked at me. "His biggest crime was that he was Muslim.”

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Author:Suketu Mehta
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“In the earliest English, the word bully was created by borrowing boel from the Dutch language. It means lover or sweetheart. Today, it is used to talk about someone who gets off by intimidating others because making others feel inferior is the only way for them to feel better about themselves maybe. Oh, how the words have fallen – literally fallen from grace!”

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Book:Red Sugar, No More
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“Singapore and China did not have diplomatic relations at that time [1976]. Communism is banned in Singapore, and nobody could visit China without official approval. The Singapore government had prohibited travel there for fear that Singaporeans would be subverted and converted to the communist cause. . .The travel ban was lifted after Lee Kuan Yew's visit. He realised that nobody could experience life there and be seduced by their system. Indeed, they would better appreciate what Singapore offered.”

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Book:OB Markers: My Straits Times Story
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