Quotes from Henna House

“Hope is not a sin, neither is fidelity.”
― Nomi Eve, quote from Henna House

“Hope is not a sin, and neither is fidelity.”
― Nomi Eve, quote from Henna House

“Thank you, but I take no joy in my wedding.” “Of course you don’t, but still, you must act the part. I often take no joy in my spinsterhood; I have no babes to fill my arms, and yet by acting the part of it, I convince myself that I am not lonely. And sometimes it works.”
― Nomi Eve, quote from Henna House

“My family had been in a refugee camp for a year and I was thirty-one years old when the government of Israel arranged through secret channels to fly all the Jews of Yemen to Israel. It was unofficially called Operation Magic Carpet, and officially called Operation On Wings of Eagles. When our people refused to enter the airplanes out of fear—for especially our brethren from the North had no experience with modernity—our rabbis reminded them of divine passages. “This is the fulfillment of ancient prophecy,” they said. “The eagles that fly us to the Promised Land may be made of metal, but their wings are buoyed aloft by the breath of God.” Between June 1949 and September 1950 almost fifty thousand Yemenite Jews boarded transport planes and made some 380 flights from Aden to Israel in this secret operation.”
― Nomi Eve, quote from Henna House

“The great Tolstoy wrote of families. He said that every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
― Nomi Eve, quote from Henna House

“From the late 1940s through the early ’60s, the Arab world had disgorged its Jews. Just as it had rescued us Yemenites, Israel rescued whole communities, flying myriad secret and perilous missions into the heart of Arabia.”
― Nomi Eve, quote from Henna House

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“Ma kartsin, et võin langeda provintsuluse lõksu. Tavaliselt seostub mõiste "provintslus" ruumiga. Provintslik on inimene, kelle mõtlemine on piiratud teatava marginaalse ruumiga, millele ta omistab liialdatud, universaalse tähtsuse. T. S. Eliot aga hoiatab teise, mitte ruumilise, vaid ajalise provintsluse eest. "Meie ajastul" kirjutab ta, "mil inimesed näivad rohkem kui kunagi pidavat teadmist taruseks ja informatsiooni teadmiseks, ning püüavad eluprobleeme lahendada insenerlikult, on takimas uus provintslus, mis võibolla vääriks küll uut nime. See ei ole ruumiline, vaid ajalooline provintslus: vaade, et ajalugu pole muud kui oma otstarbe ära teeninud ja siis kõrvale heidetud inimleiutiste kroonika, vaade, et maailm on ainult elavate päralt ja et surnutel ei ole siin vähimatki osa. Tolle provintsluse oht on, et me kõik, kõik maakera rahvad, võime olla ühtekokku provintslikud; ja ned, kes ei taha provintslikud olla, võivad hakaa ainult eremiitides."
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“Brian must have heard the commotion, because he came up behind her and yanked the door all the way open. "You got a f**king problem with me, James?"
James, ever the type to go off all half-cocked until things started to get serious, seemed to shrink a bit. "I've got a problem with you screwing my sister, yeah."
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― Cherrie Lynn, quote from Rock Me

“A plasma is the “fourth state of matter.” Solids, liquids, and gases make up the three familiar states of matter, but the most common form of matter in the universe is plasma, a gas of ionized atoms.”
― Michio Kaku, quote from Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration Into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel

“I was in love with the idea of him. An ideal of him. Of who I thought he was. Of who he used to be.”
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“You never have perfect knowledge in combat, gentlemen. It’s what we call the fog of war. You can either sit around worrying what’s real and what’s not, or you can realize the enemy hasn’t got a clue either and fire off a few rounds of psychology. A truly great army is one that only has to rattle its saber to win a war.”
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