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#1

“You should’ve seen the way he was looking at you while you were out.”
I smiled a little. “How?”
“Like you're the ocean and he's desperate to drown.”
― Michelle Hodkin, The Retribution of Mara Dyer

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#2

“She can't help what she does to you. She is your weakness, as you are hers.”
― Michelle Hodkin, The Retribution of Mara Dyer

tags: mara-dyer, michelle-hodkin, the-retribution-of-mara-dyer

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#3

“هل لما الحق بالفعل في حماية أصدقائنا من أنفسهم؟”
― غيوم ميسو, La fille de papier

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#4

“ميت هو ذاك الذي يصبح عبدا لعاداته، مكررا نفسه كل يوم. ذاك الذي لا يغيّر ماركة ملابسه ولا طريق ذهابه الى العمل ولا لون نظراته عند المغيب”
― بابلو نيرودا

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#5

“يجب علينا أن لانبالغ في حماية أنفسنا وإلا سنفقد الإحساس بكل شيء”
― لأنني أحبك غيوم ميسو

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#6

“في حياة كل شخص نقطة لا عودة.”
― هاروكي موراكامي, Kafka on the Shore

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#7

“ورغم مرور وقت طويل، وبغض النظر عن كل الأحداث الغامرة، فهناك أشياء لا يسعنا أبداً أن نلقيها في طي النسيان، ذكريات لا تمحى، تبقى للأبد كالحجر الصوان.”
― هاروكي موراكامي, Kafka on the Shore

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#8

“People grow up, and when they grow up they change/”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

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#9

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
― E.E. Cummings

tags: attributed-no-source, courage

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#10

“Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live.”
― Gustave Flaubert

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#11

“There weren't any curtains in the windows, and the books that didn't fit into the bookshelf lay piled on the floor like a bunch of intellectual refugees.”
― Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

tags: books

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#12

“Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life and it’d lose even its imperfection.”
― Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

tags: haruki-murakami

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#13

“I dream. Sometimes I think that’s the only right thing to do. To dream, to live in the world of dreams. But it doesn’t last forever. Wakefulness always comes to take me back.”
― Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

tags: sputnik-sweetheart

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#14

“Everyone's a little crazy. Some people just hide it better than others.”
― Michelle Hodkin, The Retribution of Mara Dyer

tags: love, mara-dyer, retribution-of-mara-dyer, romance

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#15

“Names?' the receptionist asked us.
“Jesus,” Jamie answered.
“Mary,” said Stella.
“Satan,” I said as I walked past her and pushed open the door to Ira Ginsberg’s office.”
― Michelle Hodkin, The Retribution of Mara Dyer

tags: jamie-roth, joke, mara-dyer, retribution-of-mara-dyer, stella

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#16

“I tilted my head up and asked, “What would you do if I kissed you right now?”
He pretended to think about it for an obnoxious amount of time before saying, “I would kiss you back.”
― Michelle Hodkin, The Retribution of Mara Dyer

tags: mara-dyer, noah-shaw, the-retribution-of-mara-dyer

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#17

“It is not the gentle kiss of a couple on a first date, nor is it the kiss of a man driven by simple lust. He kisses me with the desperation of a dying man who believes the magic of eternal life is in this kiss.”
― Susan Ee, Angelfall

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#18

“Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness.”
― Lemony Snicket

tags: humor-wicked-reading

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#19

“على قدر حلمك تتسع الأرض”
― محمود درويش

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#20

“أتمنى لكِ اليأس يا حبيبتي؛ لكي تصيرين مبدعة. اليائسون هم المبدعون، لا تنتظريني ولا تنتظري أحدًا. انتظري الفكرة، لا تنتظري المفكّر. انتظري القصيدة، ولا تنتظري الشاعر. انتظري الثورة، ولا تنتظري الثائر. المفكّر يخطئ، والشاعر يكذب، والثائر يتعب.”
― محمود درويش, يوميات الحزن العادي

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#21

“سيطلع من عتمتي قمر”
― محمود درويش, سرير الغريبة

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#22

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: friendship, lack-of-friendship, lack-of-love, love, marriage, unhappy-marriage

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#23

“إن حب الوحدة داء، أشبه بالمخدر تود منه فرارا ولا تستطيع عنه فكاكا، تبغضه لنفسك وأنت تعاني الحنين إليه.”
― نجيب محفوظ

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#24

“هكذا أود أن أموت

في العشق الذي أكنه لك.

كقطع سحب

تذوب في ضوء الشمس.”
― جلال الدين الرومي

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#25

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

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#26

“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.”
― maya angelou

tags: humor, inspirational, life

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#27

“Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.
"After all this time?"
"Always," said Snape.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

tags: dumbledore, life, love, snape

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#28

“Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?"
"Yes."
"You called her a liar?"
"Yes."
"You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?"
"Yes."
"Have a biscuit, Potter.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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#29

“Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances. ”
― Maya Angelou

tags: music

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