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“في مرحلة ما من هشاشةٍ نُسَمَّيها
نضجاً , لا نكون متفائلين ولا متشائمين .
أَقلعنا عن الشغف والحنين وعن تسمية
الأشياء بأضدادها , من فرط ما التبس
علينا الأمر بين الشكل والجوهر, ودرَّبنا
الشعورَ على التفكير الهادئ قبل البوح .
للحكمة أسلبُ الطبيب في النظر إلى
الجرح . وإذ ننظر إلى الوراء لنعرف أَين
نحن منَّا ومن الحقيقة نسأل : كم ارتكبنا
من الأخطاء ؟ وهل وصلنا إلى الحكمة
متأخرين . لسنا متأكدين من صواب
الريح , فماذا ينفعنا أن نصل إلى أيّ
شيء متأخرين , حتى لو كان هنالك
من ينظرنا على سفح الجبل , ويدعونا
إلى صلاة الشكر لأننا وصلنا سالمين ...
لا متفائلين ولا متشائمين , لكن متأخرين !”
― محمود درويش, أثر الفراشة

“أنت لست لي .. ولكنّي أحبك .. ما زلت أحبك .. وحنيني إليك يقتلني .. وكرامتي تمنعني وكل شيء يحول بيني وبينك !”
― محمود درويش

“Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.”
― Margaret Mitchell

“If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“مدّ الأمل سِكِّتُه.. وقالِّنا: سيروا
نصيبكو حيصيبكوا تمشوا ولاّ حتطيروا
عيشوا النهارده الزمن.. بكره زمن غيره
آدى أول السكة صوت الضحكة بيلالي
والشمس أمشيلها ألاقيها اللى ما شيالي
ولا حدّ يقدر يعكّر قلبنا الخالي
لكن و مين بكرة يعرف إحنا فين فيها؟
هيه حتدينا والا احنا حندّيها؟
وإيه نصيبنا من الأيام ولياليها؟
غاب الزمن في الزمن.. واحنا بِلا عزوة
ولا نملك إلا نماشي السكة و نسيروا”
― عبد الرحمن الأبنودي

“Someday, somewhere - anywhere, unfailingly, you'll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life.”
― Pablo Neruda

“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“What if you slept
And what if
In your sleep
You dreamed
And what if
In your dream
You went to heaven
And there plucked a strange and beautiful flower
And what if
When you awoke
You had that flower in your hand
Ah, what then?”
― Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Complete Poems

“Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.”
― Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

“Our own heart, and not other men's opinions, forms our true honor.”
― Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“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

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

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

“This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soulmate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”
― Dr. Seuss, Happy Birthday to You!

“I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.”
― Woody Allen

“Everything you can imagine is real.”
― Pablo Picasso

“In my next life I want to live my life backwards. You start out dead and get that out of the way. Then you wake up in an old people's home feeling better every day. You get kicked out for being too healthy, go collect your pension, and then when you start work, you get a gold watch and a party on your first day. You work for 40 years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement. You party, drink alcohol, and are generally promiscuous, then you are ready for high school. You then go to primary school, you become a kid, you play. You have no responsibilities, you become a baby until you are born. And then you spend your last 9 months floating in luxurious spa-like conditions with central heating and room service on tap, larger quarters every day and then Voila! You finish off as an orgasm!”
― Woody Allen

“To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness.”
― Woody Allen

“I feel that life is divided into the horrible and the miserable. That's the two categories. The horrible are like, I don't know, terminal cases, you know, and blind people, crippled. I don't know how they get through life. It's amazing to me. And the miserable is everyone else. So you should be thankful that you're miserable, because that's very lucky, to be miserable.”
― Woody Allen, Annie Hall: Screenplay

“Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem.”
― Woody Allen

“Eighty percent of success is showing up.”
― Woody Allen

“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book

“What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream?”
― Woody Allen

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
― Dr. Seuss

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets