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By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author)

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“The Buddha taught that most problems - if only you give them enough time and space - will eventually wear themselves out.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

tags: elizabeth-gilbert, memoir

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“All transformation appears to be motivated by desperation and emergency.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, The Signature of All Things

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“There is a Dutch word, uitwaaien, “to walk against the wind for pleasure.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, The Signature of All Things

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“What's a house when you've lost a country?' she says with a sigh.”
― Yasmina Khadra, The Attack

tags: occupation, palestine, palestine-israeli-conflict

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“This tradition doesn't exist for Bengalis, naming a son after father or grandfather, a daughter after mother or grandmother. This sign of respect in America ad Europe, this symbol of heritage and lineage, would be ridiculed in India. Within Bengali families, individual names are sacred, inviolable. They are not meant to be inherited or shared.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake

tags: heritage, jhumpa-lahiri, the-namesake, tradition

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