Cultures that may seem as durable as stone can break like glass, leaving all the things that held them together unattended. I believe that the craftsman, the artist, the cook, and the silversmith are peacemakers. They instill grace; they lull the world to calm.
Anthony Shadid (2012). “House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East”, p.139, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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