To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god – Jorge Luis Borges, (1899-1986), Argentine short-story writer, essayist and poet. Respectfully, while I identify as Christian, my commitment to the faith is primarily in name only. Somehow, this raised concerns for Gregori, a respected Bahá’í
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart – Rachel Adams, English language coach, Department of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University. A British friend of mine said that
Everything is unprecedented until it happens for the first time Chesley B. Sullenberger, former airline pilot and writer. It was only when I attempted to make small talk with my visibly squirming seatmate on a Dubai to Singapore flight that I realised it was me causing that look of horror
One would never undertake writing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand. For all one knows that demon is simply the same instinct that makes a baby squall for attention. And yet it is also true that one can write nothing
‘Unfortunately the global warming hysteria, as I see it, is driven by politics more than by science.’ – Freeman Dyson, 1923-2020, Princeton University mathematician. When the Sultan who presided over the fairly successful climate talks in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), looked back on Wednesday at the two-week parley, he
Book title: Klara and the SunISBN: 978-0-571-36490-9Author: Kazuo IshiguroPublisher: Faber & Faber LimitedPublication year: 2022Price: RM52.50 People often felt the need to prepare a side of themselves to display to passers-by — as they might in a store window — and that such a display needn’t be taken so seriously.
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. — William Hazlitt (1778-1830), an English essayist. Holidays have become seasons of hiding. Couples going through a rough patch hope to make it through the familial gatherings without allowing the tensions to surface. People who have lost jobs put a smiley
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others – Pericles, (l. 495–429 BCE) was a prominent Greek statesman, orator, and general during the Golden Age of Athens. New Year’s resolutions are penny-ante prayers. You are this way,
“Status quo, you know, is Latin for ‘the mess we’re in’.” – Ronald Reagan, (1911-2004), the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Several Christmases ago, I introduced my girlfriend to my family, and it was one of the greatest and most meaningful gifts I ever gave
“We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.” – Douglas Adams, 1952-2001, English author. As a gift for my parents’ wedding anniversary this month, I surprised them with a trip to Rome, Italy, a destination they had longed to visit throughout their lives.
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