Category: Brown Bagger’s Book Group
“When I competed for Afghan Star, I wanted to prove that a woman from Herat could sing,” says Tarana, adjusting her trademark stylish rectangular glasses. “Now that I have been elected to the provincial council, I will prove to people that a lady who can sing can be in politics as well.” Farida Tarana
“Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice.” — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
“My most important problem was destroying the lines of demarcation that separates what seems real from what seems fantastic” – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Blue Ridge Parkway turns 75
Travel Planning Resouces at JMRL
“You decide for yourself when it will hurt.” — Per Petterson (Out Stealing Horses)
“I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can’t see from the center.” Kurt Vonnegut
Pitchers, like poets, are born not made. -Cy Young
“The rags of obedience, servility, reverential awe dropped in a belt around him.” Thomas Wolfe in Chapter 17
“There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.” Graham Greene, “The Power and the Glory”
Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint. CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS, “Terrorism: Notes Toward a Definition”
