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    Michael Ondaatje
    “She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.”
    ― Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
    tags: words
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    Sherwood Anderson
    “Dare to be strong and courageous. That is the road. Venture anything.”
    ― Sherwood Anderson
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    William H. Armstrong
    “One day might be different from another, but there ain't much difference when they're put together.”
    ― William H. Armstrong
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    Jude Deveraux
    “Love can make even nice people do awful things.”
    ― Jude Deveraux
    tags: an-angel-for-emily, emily-todd
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    نصر حامد أبو زيد
    “العلمانية ليست إلحاداً .. العلمانية تعني (فصل السلطة السياسية عن السلطة الدينية) وليس حتى فصل السياسة عن الدين”
    ― نصر حامد أبو زيد
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    Bertrand Russell
    “Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”
    ― Bertrand Russell
    tags: confidence, eccentricity, philosophy
    5396 likes

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    Bertrand Russell
    “There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”
    ― Bertrand Russell
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    يوسف زيدان
    “القصيرات من النسوة مرحات، لكن القصار من الرجال خبثاء.”
    ― يوسف زيدان, النبطي
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    Naguib Mahfouz
    “من آمن بعقله أغناه عن كل شيء.”
    ― نجيب محفوظ, The Journey of Ibn Fattouma
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    عبد الله القصيمي
    “الناس يجدون أديانهم كما يجدون أوطانهم وأرضهم وبيوتهم وآباءهم ، يجدونها فقط ولا يبحثون عنها أو يؤمنون بها أو يفهمونها أو يختارونها”
    ― عبد الله القصيمي, أيها العقل من رآك
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    Carl Sagan
    “Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.”
    ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos
    tags: love, mercy
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    Carl Sagan
    “The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.”
    ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos
    tags: atoms, cosmos, dna, sense-of-wonder, stars
    3242 likes

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    Carl Sagan
    “The Cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever will be.”
    ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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    George R.R. Martin
    “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
    tags: read, readers, reading, reading-books
    35630 likes

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    George R.R. Martin
    “... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: books, mind
    16633 likes

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    George R.R. Martin
    “We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously.”
    ― George R.R. Martin
    tags: inspirational
    900 likes



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