--- title: "1 Age gap Quotes By Louis Yako" description: "1 Age gap quotes by Louis Yako. Plus more from Louis Yako and more Age gap sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/louis-yako-20010_age-gap_pity-amir-sat-on-the-same-old-wooden-cha_2764525.jpg" --- > [“Pity" Amir sat on the same old wooden chair Roua still remembers vividly the furniture store where she bought that chair - less than a month after their wedding… The furniture store closed its doors a long time ago, Along…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/pity-amir-sat-on-the-same-old-wooden-chair-roua-still-remembers/) [Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/louis-yako-20010_age-gap_pity-amir-sat-on-the-same-old-wooden-cha_2764525.jpg) ## More by Louis Yako > [ “\[Love Wasn’t as They Said\] Love wasn’t as they said… It didn’t last forever as they claimed… It is fleeting moments only recognized By… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/love-wasn-t-as-they-said-love-wasn-t-as-they-said-it-didn-t-last/) [Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/) > [“It is not a secret that most American and Western institutions and workplaces are very much like mountains: the higher one climbs, the whiter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/it-is-not-a-secret-that-most-american-and-western-institutions-and/) [Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/) > [“In the end, we are left with this painful conundrum: we only need DEI initiatives because we don’t truly have a society that values…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/in-the-end-we-are-left-with-this-painful-conundrum-we-only-need-dei/) [Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/) > [“Arabs & Garbage" Strange is the Arab story with garbage— who told them, who taught them to toss waste carelessly, wherever and however they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/arabs-garbage-strange-is-the-arab-story-with-garbage-who-told-them/) [Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/) > [“The Triumph of Goodness" If only the reality was like cartoons like teenager books and stories or like the countless movies and soap operas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/the-triumph-of-goodness-if-only-the-reality-was-like-cartoons-like/) [Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/) > [“Political correctness was never supposed to happen. Ever. The problem with politically correct language is already in the term itself: it corrects the language,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/political-correctness-was-never-supposed-to-happen-ever-the-problem/) [Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/) > [“Oh, my friends, the first wish I have for the new year is to change the worn-out greeting: 'happy new year'. There is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/oh-my-friends-the-first-wish-i-have-for-the-new-year-is-to-change-the/) [Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/) > [“Another dangerous neoliberal word circulating everywhere that is worth zooming in on is the word ‘resilience’. On the surface, I think many people won’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/another-dangerous-neoliberal-word-circulating-everywhere-that-is/) [Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/) > [“The first problem with the word “diversity” is the word itself. Who is diverse in relation to whom? The way diversity is often framed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/the-first-problem-with-the-word-diversity-is-the-word-itself-who-is/) [Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/) > [“You’re crying because you think I’m going to a better place I’m crying because I think I’m leaving to a place Better than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/you-re-crying-because-you-think-i-m-going-to-a-better-place-i-m/) [Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/) > [“I confront the question of whether DEI initiatives are divisive and ineffective. The answer is yes on both counts, but not for the narratives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/i-confront-the-question-of-whether-dei-initiatives-are-divisive-and/) [Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/) > [“Yesterday I learned that hours are nothing but bodies We kill upon confronting, Or perhaps they are the ones That backstab us as soon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/yesterday-i-learned-that-hours-are-nothing-but-bodies-we-kill-upon/) [Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/) > [“I found Baghdad, like most big cities in the world: big, exciting, interesting, rich, poor, hot, cold, restless, sleepless, and cruel at one and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/i-found-baghdad-like-most-big-cities-in-the-world-big-exciting/) [Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/) > [“We hear how diversity and equity are about lowering standards or doing away with them altogether. If DEI initiatives do the work they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/we-hear-how-diversity-and-equity-are-about-lowering-standards-or/) [Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/) > [“It is more important to look holistically at the root of why anyone would want to avoid work so badly that they’d game the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/it-is-more-important-to-look-holistically-at-the-root-of-why-anyone/) [Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age-gap/louis-yako/#itemlist", "name": "1 Age gap Quotes By Louis Yako", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Pity\" Amir sat on the same old wooden chair Roua still remembers vividly the furniture store where she bought that chair - less than a month after their wedding… The furniture store closed its doors a long time ago, Along with the doors of their stormy pre-marital love story perhaps in due to boredom or the shocks of the years… She would cut his hair, a habit that began when they were poor and Amir couldn’t afford a barber … Years went by and many things changed, But Roua kept cutting his hair on the same wooden chair almost once a month… He sat in his underwear She looked at his saggy skin that was getting looser and his belly getting slightly bigger with each haircut… She began wandering in her mind and wondering whether she ever loved him, or was it an overwhelming infatuation that turned into pity over the years without ever passing through the corridors of love? Her emotions kept swinging between love or pity with each snip … She was frightened to admit it was pity, for the price was almost her entire life… Yet she couldn’t sincerely determine it was love, for she hasn’t felt any love towards him for quite a time… Suddenly, she caught Amir looking at her as if he could read her mind… A tear involuntarily rolled down her eye as she continued cutting his hair… [Original poem published in Arabic on August 3, 2023 at ahewar.org]”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Louis Yako" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/pity-amir-sat-on-the-same-old-wooden-chair-roua-still-remembers/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/louis-yako-20010_age-gap_pity-amir-sat-on-the-same-old-wooden-cha_2764525.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/louis-yako-20010_age-gap_pity-amir-sat-on-the-same-old-wooden-cha_2764525.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/louis-yako-20010_age-gap_pity-amir-sat-on-the-same-old-wooden-cha_2764525.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Pity\" Amir sat on the same old wooden chair Roua still remembers vividly the furniture store where she…” — Louis Yako", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age-gap/louis-yako/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age-gap/louis-yako/", "name": "Age gap Quotes by Louis Yako", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age-gap/louis-yako/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/louis-yako-20010_age-gap_pity-amir-sat-on-the-same-old-wooden-cha_2764525.jpg" }, "description": "1 Age gap quotes by Louis Yako. 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