

“Do you ever find yourself climbing into an open grave during a bombing raid..and wish you'd just stayed in bed?”
― Hollow City
― Hollow City

“It's true, I am afraid of dying. I am afraid of the world moving forward without me, of my absence going unnoticed, or worse, being some natural force propelling life on. Is it selfish? Am I such a bad person for dreaming of a world that ends when I do? I don't mean the world ending with respect to me, but every set of eyes closing with mine.”
― Everything is Illuminated
― Everything is Illuminated

“Search all you will for retribution or meaning to your life, but until you find God, you live in vain.”
― An Echo in the Darkness
― An Echo in the Darkness
“I had a long talk with my dear Fat Mary that night, because I had many questions. Could someone actually be beaten to death by such a nun? Did Mother Rufina, the new Superior, know that Sister Clotilda was so cruel? Who let her work with children? Could nuns go to hell?
Fat Mary told me she didn’t know the answers to my questions, but she reminded me that it was her role to take my worries and burdens and keep them for me until a time when I could understand them.”
― Africa's Child
Fat Mary told me she didn’t know the answers to my questions, but she reminded me that it was her role to take my worries and burdens and keep them for me until a time when I could understand them.”
― Africa's Child

“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak outâ€� Because I was not a Socialist.”
― The Syrian Virgin
― The Syrian Virgin
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