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“السبب في الحقيقة أنه لا سبب هناك
السبب هو الحيرة الملحاح التي تستحثنا إلى كل عمل مستطاع دون أن نستوضح أنفسنا عن علة معقولة أو نتيجة مأمولة، وكل من حار هذه الحيرة يوماً ًيذكر أنه فعل شيئًا لا علة له ولا هو يقبل التعليل.”
― عباس محمود العقاد, سارة

“fate is strange..

almost no one i know married the first love of their lives.

but for those who did are always telling me that they missed soemthing important, that they didn’t experience all that they might have.."

- by the river piedra i sat down and wept”
― paulo coehlo

“I asked father whether they led.
'Like everything else in Cairo' he said, 'Round and round in circles, to everywhere and nowhere.”
― Noel Barber, A Woman of Cairo

“But the Egyptian passion for violence, for killing the goose that lays the eggs- that's a different matter.”
― Noel Barber, A Woman of Cairo

“ولعل ما تخشاه ليس بكائن , ولعل ما ترجوه سوف يكون
ولعل ما هونت ليس بهين , ولعل ما شدّدت سوف يهون”
― أبو العتاهية

“A man's sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.... He will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his deepest vision of himself, the woman whose surrender permits him to experience a sense of self-esteem. The man who is proudly certain of his own value, will want the highest type of woman he can find, the woman he admires, the strongest, the hardest to conquer--because only the possession of a heroine will give him the sense of an achievement.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

“في مقهى جانبيّ،
سأحكي لرجلٍ لا أعرفه أشياءَ كثيرةً دُفعةً واحدة،”
― إيمان مرسال, ممر معتم يصلح لتعلم الرقص

“يبدو أنني أرثُ الموتى
ويوماً ما
سأجلسُ وحدي على المقهى
بعد موتِ جميع مَن أُحبُّهم
دون أيّ شعورٍ بالفقد
حيثُ جسدي سلةٌ كبيرةٌ
ترك فيها الراحلون
ما يدلّّ عليهم.”
― إيمان مرسال, ممر معتم يصلح لتعلم الرقص

“موتُ أحبّائنا فرصةٌ رائعةٌ لنبحثَ عن بدائلَ.”
― إيمان مرسال, ممر معتم يصلح لتعلم الرقص

“Many complain that the words of the wise are always merely parables and of no use in daily life, which is the only life we have. When the sage says: "Go over," he does not mean that we should cross over to some actual place, which we could do anyhow if the labor were worth it; he means some fabulous yonder, something unknown to us, something too that he cannot designate more precisely, and therefore cannot help us here in the very least. All these parables really set out to say merely that the incomprehensible is incomprehensible, and we know that already. But the cares we have to struggle with every day: that is a different matter.

Concerning this a man once said: Why such reluctance? If you only followed the parables you yourselves would become parables and with that rid yourself of all your daily cares.

Another said: I bet that is also a parable.

The first said: You have won.

The second said: But unfortunately only in parable.

The first said: No, in reality: in parable you have lost.”
― Franz Kafka

“Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not
understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and
recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before
you and how fabulous you really looked….You’re not as fat as you
imagine. Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as
effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that
never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm
on some idle Tuesday. Do one thing everyday that scares you Sing Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with
people who are reckless with yours. Floss Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes
you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with
yourself. Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you
succeed in doing this, tell me how. Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements. Stretch Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your
life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they
wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year
olds I know still don’t. Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone. Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children,maybe
you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky
chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don’t
congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your
choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body,
use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people
think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever
own.. Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room. Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them. Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly. Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for
good. Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the
people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you
should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and
lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you
knew when you were young.”
― Mary Schmich

“You will never be more wrong than the first time you say "I love you." You will mean it, sure, but you'll still be lying.”
― Neil Hilborn, Our Numbered Days

“ان تحب معناه أن تراهن على أغلى شيء فيك ،عواطفك ونبلك وحماقاتك ،وربما حريتك”
― واسيني الأعرج, أصابع لوليتا

“أجمل ما فينا أنوثتنا التي ننكرها بغباء”
― واسيني الأعرج, أصابع لوليتا

“A number of porcupines huddled together for warmth on a cold day in winter; but, as they began to prick one another with their quills, they were obliged to disperse. However the cold drove them together again, when just the same thing happened. At last, after many turns of huddling and dispersing, they discovered that they would be best off by remaining at a little distance from one another. In the same way the need of society drives the human porcupines together, only to be mutually repelled by the many prickly and disagreeable qualities of their nature. The moderate distance which they at last discover to be the only tolerable condition of intercourse, is the code of politeness and fine manners; and those who transgress it are roughly told—in the English phrase—to keep their distance. By this arrangement the mutual need of warmth is only very moderately satisfied; but then people do not get pricked. A man who has some heat in himself prefers to remain outside, where he will neither prick other people nor get pricked himself.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer, Parerga and Paralipomena

“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.”
― Meister Eckhart

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

“أن تتأمل نفسك يعني أن تفهم ما كنت تعرفه دائماً من غير أن تفهمه”
― حسين البرغوثي, الضوء الأزرق

“إن شخصا لا يعطيني معرفة, و يوسع مداركي, و لا يأخذ مني معرفة و يوسع مداركه شخص لا حاجة لي به.”
― حسين البرغوثي, الضوء الأزرق

“أنا إنسان بسيط جدًا يساءُ دائمًا فهمه.”
― حسين البرغوثي, الضوء الأزرق

“لا أعرف عنك شيئاً , فعمق البحر لا يعرف شيئاً عن شواطئه .. وجهك شاطيء”
― حسين البرغوثي, الضوء الأزرق

“لا يعنيني أن كان للحياة معنى أو لم يكن لها معنى.”
― الطيب صالح, موسم الهجرة إلى الشمال

“ستصل إلى السلام النفسي إذا عشتَ طوال الوقت بمحبةٍ وامتنانٍ وتسليم!.”
― أحمد عبد المجيد, ترنيمة سلام

“إذا كتبت تراءى لي وجهها الصبيح مع كل حرف.
يا لعينيها مثل حرف الحاء الذي ينفق فيه الخطاط نصف يومه!
يا لأنفها مثل دقة الدال إذا انتهى به السطر!
يا لشفتيها مثل وقار الثاء إذا سكتت والياء إذا ضحكت!
يا لهذا الخدش في صدعها مثل همزةٍ أفلتت من ألفها!
يا لوجهها مثل كتابٍ من نورٍ سطرته أيدي الملائكة!”
― محمد حسن علوان, موت صغير

“Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes viros.
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.”
― Seneca