Selected aphorisms, from Signposts to Elsewhere:
Miracles are proud creatures; they will not reveal themselves to those who do not Believe.
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If Love, as they say, is blind then, Lust must be deaf, dumb and blind.
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Temptation: seeds we are forbidden to water, that are showered with rain.
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In life, as in love, graceful leave-taking is the epitome of gratitude.
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Myths are history, too; the history of the human imagination.
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History does not repeat itself, human nature does.
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Our wisdom always mocks us, since it knows more than we can.
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The thoughts we choose to act upon define us to others, the ones we do not define us to ourselves.…
Yahia Lababidi
Echoes in Exile
We have some new poetry, this time from Sheema Kalbasi, an excellent poet I had the pleasure to meet last year at a book festival. There is something unique, exquisite and dreamy in her work, something that informs and amplifies the images of war and peace, tragedy and freedom, family, love and laughter she depicts. She is intrepid.
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Have added yet more new poetry and some aphorisms to the Spinozablue mix. An Italian poet and an Egyptian-American aphorist, both of whom bring something truly out of the ordinary to these pages. Alessio Zanelli and Yahia Lababidi are young poets, already with an international following and deserve wider recognition.…