I tend to be an optimist about human nature but a political pessimist...I think we're living in very, very scary times and we have to find ways of looking squarely at it and finding reasons for optimism. (Kamila Shamsie)

I tend to be an optimist about human nature but a political pessimist...I think we're living in very, very scary times and we have to find ways of looking squarely at it and finding reasons for optimism.

Kamila Shamsie

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