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“لماذا أضع حولها القيود، وهي لم تعطني أي وعد من أي نوع؟ لماذا أفترض أن حبي لشخص يجعله مطالبا بالإخلاص لي؟ هكذا ودون أي ارتباط عاطفی من ناحيته؟”
― أحمد خالد توفيق, الكابوس

“The sky grew darker, painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time, into deeper and deeper shades of night.”
― Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance

“الصّباح الذي يأتي بوَجه أمّي
يُشبه الجنّة كثيراً
يُشبه نَعيمَها وأمنَها وأمَانها
حتى إن لأمّي جَنّتين
واحِدة تَحت أقدَامها
وأُخرَى فِي قَلبَهـا ..”
― هاجد محمد, نصف وجه بلا ملامح

“Wil Wheaton Says: Don't be a dick.”
― Wil Wheaton

“The event isn’t really the problem; it’s our response to the event.”
― Mike Bechtle, People Can't Drive You Crazy If You Don't Give Them the Keys

“That’s the problem with our perspective; we always assume we’re right based on the information we have.”
― Mike Bechtle, People Can't Drive You Crazy If You Don't Give Them the Keys

“But the closer we become, the more the relationship will be challenged. Like a river overflowing its banks and moving in new directions, people are unpredictable. When someone we know goes against our expectations, we’re uncomfortable and we want to move things back to our set point.”
― Mike Bechtle, People Can't Drive You Crazy If You Don't Give Them the Keys

“False hope damages both parties in a relationship. We want the other person to change, and we hope and pray for the best. But the other person is responsible for their own choices and the consequences of those choices. If we think that our being consistent will make them change, we’re taking responsibility for them. If they don’t change, we’ve set ourselves up for disappointment.”
― Mike Bechtle, People Can't Drive You Crazy If You Don't Give Them the Keys

“When people experience strong emotion, they can’t hear logic.”
― Mike Bechtle, People Can't Drive You Crazy If You Don't Give Them the Keys

“We need to become different people in our responses to others, building character traits that allow us to handle their craziness without becoming victims. When we become different, people will respond to us differently. But most important, we’ll have the strength of character and the boundaries that allow us to be emotionally healthy, no matter what others do.”
― Mike Bechtle, People Can't Drive You Crazy If You Don't Give Them the Keys

“We interpret the actions of others as malicious when they might be totally innocent. And how we interpret their actions is what upsets us.”
― Mike Bechtle, People Can't Drive You Crazy If You Don't Give Them the Keys

“We need to talk to the person, not about them.”
― Mike Bechtle, People Can't Drive You Crazy If You Don't Give Them the Keys

“Solomon said, “It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it” (Eccles. 5:5).”
― Mike Bechtle, People Can't Drive You Crazy If You Don't Give Them the Keys

“Psychologically necessary equipment. The human mind had never been tested quite like this. Could they have been better prepared? Trained more extensively? What tools would help them now? It seemed ridiculous, but perhaps these books, sheaves of paper made from trees that had once grown on their home planet, full of made-up stories, were what kept Thebes so much more grounded than the rest of them.”
― Lily Brooks-Dalton, Good Morning, Midnight

“Eighteen,” she said.

“What?”

She coughed blood. “We had eighteen perfect moments.”

I thought about it.

“Nineteen.”

“How do you get nineteen?”

“This one. But I’m sorry to have it.”
― Blake Crouch, Upgrade