Joey
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“Once you learn the maze or see the labyrinth whole, then, elaborate chaos is transformed into pattern.”
― The Idea of the Labyrinth from Classical Antiquity through the Middle Ages
― The Idea of the Labyrinth from Classical Antiquity through the Middle Ages

“So true it is, that man’s mind alone was the creator of all that was good or great to man, and that Nature herself was only his first minister.”
― The Last Man
― The Last Man

“We had no such thing as printed newspapers in those days to spread rumours and reports of things, and to improve them by the invention of men, as I have lived to see practised since.”
― A Journal of the Plague Year
― A Journal of the Plague Year

“Time should move,” Noni had told her. “Don’t go in for a life where time doesn’t pass, the way I did. That is the single best bit of advice I can give you.”
― The Inheritance of Loss
― The Inheritance of Loss

“Clout is the values-free currency of the always-online age—both a substitute for hard cash as well as a conduit to it. Clout is a calculus not of what you do, but of how much bulk you-ness there is in the world. You get clout by playing the victim. You get clout by victimizing others. This is something that is understood by the left and the right. If influence sways, clout squats, taking up space for its own sake.”
― Doppelganger: a Trip into the Mirror World
― Doppelganger: a Trip into the Mirror World

Book Club based in Beirut. We meet at least once a month to discuss a book. We vote on lists of books and pick one or two books to read for each month ...more

"نوفليّات" نافذة على عالم إصدارات نوفل تفتحها هاشيت أنطوان أمام محبّي الكتب للتعرّف على مجموعتها من الأدباء والكتّاب والمؤلّفين. إنّ موقع التواصل الأد ...more
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