

“As man advances in civilization, and small tribes are united into larger communities, the simplest reason would tell each individual that he ought to extend his social instincts and sympathies to all members of the same nation, though personally unknown to him. This point being once reached, there is only an artificial barrier to prevent his sympathies extending to the men of all nations and races.”
― The Descent of Man
― The Descent of Man

“A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.”
― Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica
― Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica

“I am in the world now, she thought, but one day I shall be gone.”
― Sophie’s World
― Sophie’s World

“ثم أرسلت زفرة، وانتقلت من الموت إلى الحياة!...”
― كوخ العم توم
― كوخ العم توم

“du Lac?”
― The Jason Bourne Series
― The Jason Bourne Series
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