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Hanna Abi Akl

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Hanna Abi Akl is the author of poetry books, novels, essays and short stories. Having pursued a formal education in science and engineering, he discovered his fascination for language through books and was deeply captivated by the words of others which he at times found to be mystic. This set him on a lifelong exploratory journey of the wonders of language and everything it represents which led to the publication of some poetry collections and novels.

Intrigued by human life, cognition, emotion and behavior, Hanna writes extensively about every aspect of being "human", from snapshots of mundane daily lives to open-ended philosophical musings. The main inspirations to his work remain however music, paintings and of course, words.

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	A Road Away From Home 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diary in Poems it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It's a Big Big World it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vitality 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Correspondence it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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A Confederacy of Dunces

by John Kennedy Toole

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“I find pieces of her
In songs, book quotes,
Even in the dismal corners
Of macabre streets
Hosting nobody except
Failed men and women”
― Hanna Abi Akl, Diary in Poems

tags: books, men, pieces, songs, street, women

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“I was in love
With every part of her
The parts
I knew
And the parts
I didn’t”
― Hanna Abi Akl, Diary in Poems

tags: love, parts, pieces, women

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“There are no superheroes
In this part of the world
Only mercenaries
Who’ve held their breaths
For so long”
― Hanna Abi Akl, And We Chose Everything

tags: heroes, society, world

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“It always comes down to two choices; Get busy living, or get busy dying.”
― Stephen King, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

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“And some that smile have in their hearts, I fear, millions of mischiefs.”
― William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

tags: duplicity

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“Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.”
― Mark Twain

tags: truth

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“Paradox though it may seem - and paradoxes are always dangerous things - it is none the less true that Life imitates art far more than Art imitates life.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Decay of Lying

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“It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

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