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“One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

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وَلَمْ يَزَلْ مُمْسِكَاً بِالدِّينِ جَمْرَتَهُ *** حَتَّى يَمُوتَ عَلَى مَا اْخْتَارَ وَاْعْتَقَدَا
وَلَوْ يُقَالُ لَهُ سِرْ فَوْقَ جَمْرِ غَضَىً *** مَشَى عَلَيْهِ بَسِيمَ الوَجْهِ مُتَّئِدَا
كَمْ مِنْ بِلالٍ عَلَى أَضْلاعِهِ حَجَرٌ *** قَدْ رَاحَ مِنْهُ عَلَى أَشْغَالِهِ وَغَدَا
فَاْشْفَعْ لنَا يَوْمَ لا عُذْرٌ لمُعْتَذِرٍ *** وَلَيْسَ يُسْمَعُ مِنْ طُولِ النَّدَاءِ نِدَا
وَاْغْفِرْ لِمَنْ أَنْشَدُوا هَذِي القَصِيدَةَ فِي *** مَا مَرَّ مِنْ أَزَمَاتِ الدَّهْرِ أَوْ وَرَدَا
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― تميم البرغوثي

“We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.”
― Cornel West, Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life