#rei

First Afghanistan, now Iraq. So who's next? Syria? North Korea? Iran? Where will it all end?' If these illegal interventions are permitted to continue, the implication seems to be, pretty soon, horror of horrors, no murderously repressive regimes might remain. ↗

— Daniel Kofman

#antiwar-movement #axis-of-evil #despotism #foreign-policy #foreign-policy-of-the-us

When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation. ↗

— Al Franken

#bush #foreign-policy #iraq #nation-building #politics

Issac:"I dislike living in a world without Augustus Waters." Computer: "I don't understand-" Issac: "Me neither. Pause ↗

— John Green

#loss #sadness #loss

Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. ↗

— Rumi

#consolation #grief #loss #reincarnation #loss

There is no broader way to apostasy than to reject God’s sovereignty in all things concerning the revelation of himself and our obedience... ↗

— John Owen

#gods-sovereignty #obedience

Will: 'Singing the praises of our fair city? We treat you well here, don't we, James? I doubt I'd have that kind of luck in Shanghai. What do you call us there again?' Jem: 'Yang guizi ... foreign devils. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#chinese #colonialism #foreign #foreign-devils #invasion

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who have helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity. ↗

— Ulysses S. Grant

#adversity

People are only what they think of themselves. ↗

— Ai Yazawa

#manga #nana #reira #animals

A block of blood should not have the word "cake" after it...they might as well say "shite gateau ↗

— Karl Pilkington

#asia #food #foreign #food

Ce n'était qu'un renard semblable à cent mille autres. Mais j'en ai fait mon ami, et il est maintenant unique au monde. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#children-s-books #foreign-language #french #friendship #friendship