Mujtaba J. > Mujtaba's Quotes

“He was repelled by the pettiness that reduced life to mere existence and that turned men into half-men. He wanted to lay his life on a balance, the other side of which was weighted with death. He wanted to make his every action, every day, yes, every hour and minute worthy of being measured against the ultimate, which is death.”
― Milan Kundera, Life is Elsewhere

“O what we ben! And what we come to!”
― Russell Hoban, Riddley Walker

“All human power is a compound of time and patience. Powerful beings will and wait.”
― Balzac Honore De, Eugenie Grandet

“If I'd had a man of my own, I'd have followed him . . . down to hell.”
― Honoré de Balzac, Eugénie Grandet

“If light is the first love of life, is not love a light to the heart?”
― Balzac Honore De, Eugenie Grandet

“May I write words more naked than flesh,
stronger than bone, more resilient than
sinew, sensitive than nerve.”
― Sappho

“their heart grew cold
they let their wings down”
― Sappho, If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho

“you burn me”
― Sappho, If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho

“Love shook my heart
Like the wind on the mountain
rushing over the oak trees.”
― Sappho

“I know not what to do, my mind is divided”
― sappho