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And the situation has been like this for such a long time that there aren’t many people alive today who remember little details about what life was like before all this, like the detail about the wilting lettuce in an otherwise closed
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“Come back?” she asks. “Isn’t it obvious to you yet? We are finished with Africa.”
“You mean Africa is finished with us,” he says slowly”
― Where The Air Is Sweet
“You mean Africa is finished with us,” he says slowly”
― Where The Air Is Sweet
“That was love, wasn't it? It wasn't just a quick drop -- it was falling, over and over again, for your person. It was falling as they became new people. It was learning how to exist with every new breath. It was uncertain and it was undeniably hard, and it wasn't something you could plan for.”
― The Seven Year Slip
― The Seven Year Slip
“I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.”
― The Hunger Games
― The Hunger Games
“It’s as though he is a spoiled girl planning a party and she wants to use invitations to exert her power,” Jaafar says. “Who to include, exclude? Each moment her mood shifts and so does the invitation list. It’s ludicrous.”
― Where The Air Is Sweet
― Where The Air Is Sweet
“What a contrast: the paleness of those buds— strung with needle and thread into a fluffy bracelet—against the darkness of that lady’s skin! And what a contrast, again: the delicacy of their perfume against the robust smell of roasting meat! It is remarkable indeed how we human beings are capable of delighting in the mating call of a flower while we are surrounded by the charred carcasses of our fellow animals—but then we are remarkable creatures. Perhaps it is in our nature to recognize subconsciously the link between mortality and procreation—between, that is to say, the finite and the infinite—and we are in fact driven by reminders of the one to seek out the other.”
― The Reluctant Fundamentalist
― The Reluctant Fundamentalist
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