“The tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible.”

“People in that crowd want to make poverty history, but NOT if they have to pay for it themselves”

“Some history-making is intentional; much of it is accidental. People make history when they scale a mountain, ignite a bomb, or refuse to move to the back of the bus. But they also make history by keeping diaries, writing letters, or embroidering initials on linen sheets. History is a conversation and sometimes a shouting match between present and past, though often the voices we most want to hear are barely audible. People make history by passing on gossip, saving old records, and by naming rivers, mountains, and children. Some people leave only their bones, though bones too make a history when someone notices.”

“No people in history have ever survived, who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.”

“A man of principles," Jesse said."People say that about themselves when really they only want to make you unhappy.”

“He led her back to the house, the perfume from the acacia clinging to her. The djinn was supposed to live in the scent of the acacia blossom, making themselves visible only to the young in order to entrap them in otherworldly world.”