I believe that it isn't victories but defeats that promote nationalism.
The gap between compassion and surrender is love’s darkest, deepest region.
The past is always an invented land.
...the endless repetition of an ordinary miracle.
I consider myself a person who comes from a Muslim culture. In any case, I would not say that I'm an atheist. So I'm a Muslim who associates historical and cultural identification with this religion.
...a nation could change its way of life, its history, its technology, its art, literature, and culture, but it would never have a real chance to change its gestures.