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“خذ الكتاب بقوة: ليس المطلوب أن تقرأ الكتاب بسرعة ودفعة واحدة، بل المقصود أن تقرأ القليل وتتشرّب معاني هذا القليل، ثم تعمل بهذا القليل فإنه يوصلك إلى الكثير بإذن الله ~”
― خالد أبو شادي

“Be careful not to hurt people, they can begin to love you less. The pain you cause can chisel their hearts, until there's nothing left.”
― Brigitte Nicole

“أنا أكره هذه المهنة .. أكرهها ..
لا أريد أن أكون طبيباً بعد اليوم ..
السباك و سائق التاكسى و النجار يعدون بشىءٍ و يقدمونه لك و يعرفون أنهم قادرون على تحقيقه، أما أنا فقد سئمت هذه الوقفة البلهاء و العجز على وجهى ..”
― أحمد خالد توفيق, داء الأسد

“من الأفضل أن تكون مُخطئاً على أن تكون آسفاً”
― أحمد خالد توفيق, داء الأسد

“رحت أفكر فى كلامه بعض الوقت .. الأمر شبيه بجورب ممزق كلما قلبته وجدت أنه لا يصلح .. كلام فارغ بلا أدنى شك”
― أحمد خالد توفيق, داء الأسد

“إن المخ البشرى عجيب فى قدرته على التكيف و التعود .. لو أرغموك على معانقة غوريلا مليئة بالبراغيث يومياً لمدة عام، لشعرت عندما يوقفون ذلك بأنك تفتقدها ..”
― أحمد خالد توفيق, داء الأسد

“أحيانًا يساعدنا الآخرون بأن يكونوا فى حياتنا فحسب”
― أحمد خالد توفيق

“أتمنى أن أبكي و أرتجف , التصق بواحد من الكبار , لكن الحقيقة القاسية هي أنك الكبار! .. أنت من يجب أن يمنح القوة و الأمن للآخرين!”
― أحمد خالد توفيق

“كل ما يحدث خارج نفسك لا وزن له ، المهم هو ما تبطن ، الحق فى داخلك أنت ، والكرامة الحقيقة هى أنت.”
― بهاء طاهر, نقطة النور

“تُرى : حين أفقأ عينيك
ثم أثبت جوهرتين مكانهما
هل ترى ؟
هي أشياءَ لا تُشترى.”
― أمل دنقل

“Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis.”
― Zig Ziglar, Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World

“Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.”
― Zig Ziglar

“Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.”
― Zig Ziglar

“You should date a girl who reads.
Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes, who has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.

Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag. She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she has found the book she wants. You see that weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a secondhand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow and worn.

She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. Ask her if she likes the book.

Buy her another cup of coffee.

Let her know what you really think of Murakami. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice.

It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas, for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry and in song. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Let her know that you understand that words are love. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book. It will never be your fault if she does.

She has to give it a shot somehow.

Lie to her. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. It will not be the end of the world.

Fail her. Because a girl who reads knows that failure always leads up to the climax. Because girls who read understand that all things must come to end, but that you can always write a sequel. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. That life is meant to have a villain or two.

Why be frightened of everything that you are not? Girls who read understand that people, like characters, develop. Except in the Twilight series.

If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are.

You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually next time she’s sick. Over Skype.

You will smile so hard you will wonder why your heart hasn’t burst and bled out all over your chest yet. You will write the story of your lives, have kids with strange names and even stranger tastes. She will introduce your children to the Cat in the Hat and Aslan, maybe in the same day. You will walk the winters of your old age together and she will recite Keats under her breath while you shake the snow off your boots.

Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.

Or better yet, date a girl who writes.”
― Rosemarie Urquico

“if youre never scared, or embarased, or hurt, it means you never take any chances.”
― Julia Sorel

“تصوَّر أنني أُحبُّك - والله أُحبُّك -
بهذا الشكل العفوي
وأنا أشقُّ برتقالةً نصفَينِ... أتذكّرك
وأنا أعبر الشارع نحو الرصيف المقابل... أتذكّرك
وأنا أضع طلاء أظافري الأحمر البرّاق... أتذكّرك
وأنا أُمرِّر يدي فوق رؤوس الأطفال... أتذكّرك
وأنا أقف أمام البحر الهائل الزُّرقة... أتذكّرك
وأنا أختار أثاث البيت... أتذكّرك
وأنا أُغلِّف هدايا العيد... أتذكّرك
وأنا أستيقظ صباحاً... أتذكّرك
إييييه يا صديقي؛
البنت المُتوجِّسة خيفةً من زمن سيء؛
تُحبُّكَ الآن .”
― Nour Albawardi, النصف المضيء من الباب الموارب

“يا ربّ ...
أريد أن أزرعَ لوالدي حقلاً يرتديه كمعطفٍ أيام البرد
أزراره بتلاتٌ ملوَّنة
وياقته شجرة،”
― Nour Albawardi, النصف المضيء من الباب الموارب

“بحثتُ عنكَ طويلاً...
تحت عجلات السيّارات؛
في الأزقَّة؛
فوق الأرصفة؛
في وجوه الغرباء؛
بينَ حقائب الراحلين؛
وألصقتُ صورتكَ في ظهري من الخلف:
(هذا الذي يدفعني إلى جنون مُميت دلُّوه إلى وجهي)”
― Nour Albawardi, النصف المضيء من الباب الموارب

“Do you hate people?”

“I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.”
― Charles Bukowski, Barfly

“What you seek is seeking you.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

“Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

“This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.”
― Rumi

“The world is quiet here.”
― Lemony Snicket

“It's quiet now. So quiet that can almost hear other people's dreams.”
― Gayle Forman, If I Stay

“People who really want to make a difference in the world usually do it, in one way or another. And I’ve noticed something about people who make a difference in the world: They hold the unshakable conviction that individuals are extremely important, that every life matters. They get excited over one smile. They are willing to feed one stomach, educate one mind, and treat one wound. They aren’t determined to revolutionize the world all at once; they’re satisfied with small changes. Over time, though, the small changes add up. Sometimes they even transform cities and nations, and yes, the world.”
― Beth Clark, Kisses from Katie

“ابتسمت لشيء لا قدرة لي علي تفسيره”
― أثير عبدالله النشمي, في ديسمبر تنتهي كل الأحلام

“فِي داخلِ كُل إنسان وطنٌ خاصٌ بِه .!
الإنسان لا ينتمي إلى رِقعة.. الإنسان ينتمي إلى دواخِله .”
― أثير عبدالله النشمي, في ديسمبر تنتهي كل الأحلام

“الحياة علمتني أن البُكاء من شيم الأسوياء !”
― أثير عبدالله النشمي, في ديسمبر تنتهي كل الأحلام

“She sat still, trying to hush her secret heart.”
― Margaret Landon

“!لك شيء في هذا العالم.. فقم”
― غسان كنفاني