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Dana K. Haffar
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Beirut, Lebanon
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March 2008
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Leah
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2011
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Beirut in Shades of Grey
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2007
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The Memory of Loss
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This is a beautifully written and incisive book, rich with historical detail and insight into a culture that the author knows well. Vatikiotis skilfully deconstructs the history of the Levant through the centuries to reconstruct the lives of his ances ...more |
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“The car rolled slowly along the deserted corniche, headlights cleaving its way through Beirut by night. In gentle swerves to avoid potholes, the Mercedes waltzed along a straight road in a dance of death. Sick palm trees and parched grass divided the tarred road of civilization. The sea alone was testimony to God’s beautiful creation. But in its belly, corpses, limbs, garbage, and ordnance mingled with a sea life on the verge of extinction.”
― Beirut in Shades of Grey
― Beirut in Shades of Grey
“....If evil were a tangible thing, it would’ve been contained long ago. But evil is an insidious disease that can be transmitted with whispers and ill will.’
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‘It’s terrifying to think that a mere ill wish could actually come true. It’s like sticking needles in a voodoo doll.’
Ramón let out a half-hearted laugh. ‘Yet that’s what we do all the time, isn’t it? We wish hard for the things we want. And believe that by doing so, we stand a chance of having them happen. Within reason, naturally.’ He cocked his head. ‘Well then, we’d be wrong to underestimate the power of thought, wouldn’t we?”
― Leah
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‘It’s terrifying to think that a mere ill wish could actually come true. It’s like sticking needles in a voodoo doll.’
Ramón let out a half-hearted laugh. ‘Yet that’s what we do all the time, isn’t it? We wish hard for the things we want. And believe that by doing so, we stand a chance of having them happen. Within reason, naturally.’ He cocked his head. ‘Well then, we’d be wrong to underestimate the power of thought, wouldn’t we?”
― Leah
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― Sand and Foam
“Silence before being born, silence after death: life is nothing but noise between two unfathomable silences.”
― Paula
― Paula
“I learned very quickly that when you emigrate, you lose the crutches that have been your support; you must begin from zero, because the past is erased with a single stroke and no one cares where you’re from or what you did before.”
― Paula
― Paula
“....If evil were a tangible thing, it would’ve been contained long ago. But evil is an insidious disease that can be transmitted with whispers and ill will.’
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‘It’s terrifying to think that a mere ill wish could actually come true. It’s like sticking needles in a voodoo doll.’
Ramón let out a half-hearted laugh. ‘Yet that’s what we do all the time, isn’t it? We wish hard for the things we want. And believe that by doing so, we stand a chance of having them happen. Within reason, naturally.’ He cocked his head. ‘Well then, we’d be wrong to underestimate the power of thought, wouldn’t we?”
― Leah
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‘It’s terrifying to think that a mere ill wish could actually come true. It’s like sticking needles in a voodoo doll.’
Ramón let out a half-hearted laugh. ‘Yet that’s what we do all the time, isn’t it? We wish hard for the things we want. And believe that by doing so, we stand a chance of having them happen. Within reason, naturally.’ He cocked his head. ‘Well then, we’d be wrong to underestimate the power of thought, wouldn’t we?”
― Leah
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