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“فهي لم تكن تملك , في مقابلة عالم التفاهة الّذي يحيط بها , إلا سلاحاً واحداً : الكُتب !”
― ميلان كونديرا

“قد نضيق بالحبّ إذا وُجد، ولكن شَدَّ مانفتقده إذا ذهب.”
― نجيب محفوظ

“عندما تتكاثر المصائب يمحو بعضها بعضاً ..
وتحل بك سعادة جنونية غريبة المذاق ..
وتستطيع أن تضحك من قلب لم يعد يعرف الخوف !”
― نجيب محفوظ

“ الحق أقول لكم..
لا حق لحي ؛ إن ضاعت فى الأرض حقوق الأموات ”
― نجيب سرور, بروتوكولات حكماء ريش

“شخصيات روايتي هي إمكاناتي الشخصية التي لم تتحقق”
― ميلان كونديرا

“Do not compare yourself to others. If you do so, you are insulting yourself.”
― Adolf Hitler

“If you win, you need not have to explain...If you lose, you should not be there to explain!”
― Adolf Hitler

“I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“I cannot hate them because nothing binds me to them; I have nothing in common with them.”
― Milan Kundera, Immortality

“- كنت أتصور أن الحزن يمكن أن يكون صديقا لكنني لم أكن اتصور أن الحزن يمكن أن يكون وطنا نسكنه ونتكلم لغته ونحمل جنسيته”
― تشي غيفارا

“Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring--it was peace.”
― Milan Kundera

“ The Paradoxical Commandments

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.”
― Kent M. Keith, The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council

“في غمار جدل سياسي سأل أحد النواب وزيرًا :
- هل تستطيع أن تدلني على شخص طاهر لم يلوث؟
- فأجاب الوزير متحديا.
- إليك - على سبيل المثال لا الحصر - الأطفال والمعتوهين والمجانين فالدنيا ما زالت
بخير.”
― Naguib Mahfouz, أصداء السيرة الذاتية