In May 1948, the British left Palestine and Jewish refugees who had been pouring in proclaimed themselves a Jewish state, changing the name of the land from Palestine to Israel.


“Stay away from the ones you love too much. Those are the ones who will kill you.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch

“When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don’t seem to matter very much, do they?”
― All the Bright Places
― All the Bright Places

“You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch

“The great thing about this life of ours is that you can be someone different to everybody.”
― All the Bright Places
― All the Bright Places

“Sometimes we want what we want even if we know it’s going to kill us.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
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