“Dad says that everyone invented baklava.” It occurs to me now to wonder what that means. Aunt Aya rolls her eyes. “Your father? He is the worst of the worst. He thinks he cooks and eats Arabic food but these walnuts were not grown from Jordanian earth and this butter was not made from Jordanian lambs. He is eating the shadow of a memory. He cooks to remember but the more he eats, the more he forgets.” ThinkingMeanMadeEyeEarthRememberFatherMemoriesForgetWonderWorstDadEatingShadowCooksHer EyesAuntLambsWalnuts Author:Diana Abu-Jaber
“There was hell in her eyes! She was worn and jaded Her soul is at war with the life she has led. As I looked on that face so strangely faded I wonder God did not strike me dead.” WarSoulEyeFacesWonderHellForgivenessStrikesWornHer EyesFadedJaded Book:Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics) Source: Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)