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“All men contain several men inside them, and most of us bounce from one self to another without ever knowing who we are.”
― Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies

“Memory is the space in which a thing happens for a second time.”
― Paul Auster

“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.”
― Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

“الحرية شمسٌ يجب أن تشرق في كل نفسٍ، فمن عاش محروماً منها عاش فى ظلمة حالكة يتصل أولها بظلمة الرحم وآخرها بظلمة القبر”
― مصطفى لطفي المنفلوطي

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

“حسبك من السعادة , ضمير نقي , ونفس هادئة , وقلب شريف .”
― مصطفى لطفي المنفلوطي

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“You're too good for this world, and because of that the world will eventually crush you.”
― Paul Auster, Invisible

“One should never underestimate the power of books.”
― Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies

“We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

“And that's why books are never going to die. It's impossible. It's the only time we really go into the mind of a stranger, and we find our common humanity doing this. So the book doesn't only belong to the writer, it belongs to the reader as well, and then together you make it what it is.”
― Paul Auster

“I am not a perfectionist, but I like to feel that things are done well. More important than that, I feel an endless need to learn, to improve, to evolve, not only to please the coach and the fans, but also to feel satisfied with myself. It is my conviction that here are no limits to learning, and that it can never stop, no matter what our age.”
― Cristiano Ronaldo

“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“عَرَفْتُ الهَوى مُذ عَرَفْتُ هواك
وأغْلَقْتُ قَلْبي عَلىٰ مَنْ عَاداكْ
وقُمْتُ اُناجِيـكَ يا مَن تـَرىٰ
خَفايا القُلُوبِ ولَسْنا نراك
أحِبُكَ حُبَيْنِ حُبَ الهَـوىٰ
وحُبْــاً لأنَكَ أهْـل ٌ لـِذَاك
فأما الذي هُوَ حُبُ الهَوىٰ
فَشُغْلِي بذِكْرِكَ عَمَنْ سـِواكْ
وامّـا الذي أنْتَ أهلٌ لَهُ
فَلَسْتُ أرىٰ الكَوْنِ حَتىٰ أراكْ
فلا الحَمْدُ في ذا ولا ذاكَ لي
ولكنْ لكَ الحَمْدُ فِي ذا وذاك”
― رابعة العدوية