The Karakoram Highway, connecting Pakistan to China, is one of the highest paved roads in the world, at maximum elevation of 4,714 m.
It is often referred to as the Eighth Wonder of the World.
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“Everything belonged to him. It made me hold my breath in expectation of hearing the wilderness burst into prodigious peal of laughter that would shake the fixed stars in their places.”
― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
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How a person reacts to your sadness says a lot about how long they're going to be in your life.
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Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end.
Robin S. Sharma
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How a person reacts to your sadness says a lot about how long they're going to be in your life.
S. Z.
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Albert Camus, from a letter to Maria Casarès written in August 1948
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Kirk during a mind meld with Spock probably
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Regretfully, I had to leave all my books behind. I couldn’t bear to make the choice between my beloveds, so I left them all.
Give them back. Give us back our beds. Give us back our offices. And give us back our books.
Nabil S., from "It Was All Songs: A Letter From Gaza" translated from the Arabic by Sarah Aziza, published in Mizna on February 12th, 2024. You can read the entire essay here.
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I understand, now, why god would raze the world and start anew.
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How a person reacts to your sadness says a lot about how long they're going to be in your life.
S. Z.
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How a person reacts to your sadness says a lot about how long they're going to be in your life.
S. Z.
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T. S. Eliot, from The Complete Works of T. S. Eliot; "The Confidential Clerk,"
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