

“We must take our sentences seriously, which means we must understand them philosophically, and the odd thing is that the few who do, who take them with utter sober seriousness, the utter sober seriousness of right-wing parsons and political saviors, the owners of Pomeranians, are the liars who want to be believed, the novelists and poets, who know that the creatures they imagine have no other being than the sounding syllables which the reader will speak into his own weary and distracted head. There are no magic words. To say the words is magical enough.”
― The World Within the Word
― The World Within the Word

“في المدرسة نتعلم الدرس ثم نواجه الامتحانات.. أما في الحياة فإننا نواجه الامتحانات و بعدها نتعلم الدرس”
― في الجانب.. المظلم
― في الجانب.. المظلم

“The future was uncertain, absolutely, and there were many hurdles, twists, and turns to come, but as long as I kept moving forward, one foot in front of the other, the voices of fear and shame, the messages from those who wanted me to believe that I wasn't good enough, would be stilled.”
― The Pursuit of Happyness
― The Pursuit of Happyness

“ربما ليس كل فعل يَصدُر من الإنسَان أو حَالةٍ تَطرأُ عليه تَكون نَابعَةً مِنه. أحيانًا المَكان، الزَّمَن والليْل والنَّهار، الحَر والبَرد، الطَّقس، تَدفَعُ الشَّخصَ إلى الإحسَاس بأشيَاء حقيقيَّة تتمظهَرُ على خَارجِهِ، وتؤثِّرُ عليه. وربما كِلاهما. وربما على حسب الشخص. ليسَ واضحًا.”
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“التَّجارب الشخصية هي التي تصنع قِيمةً للأمَاكن، وإلَّا فالأماكِنُ في حَدِّ ذاتها جَمَاداتٌ، وجَمَالُها أو قُبحُهَا انعِكاسٌ للحَالةِ المزَاجيَّةِ والتَّركِيبةِ السِّياقيَّةِ للشَّخصِ الذي يَتَقاطَعُ مَعها”
― طرق ومدن
― طرق ومدن
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