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

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

“In our civilization men are afraid they will not be men enough, and women are afraid they might be considered only women.”
― Theodor Reik

“ثمة خوف مستتر لدى المرأة من أن يقدرها الرجل باعتبارها أنثى لا باعتبارها فرداً. وهي تخاف من أن يرغب فيها لا باعتبارها امراة بعينها، بل باعتبارها الأنثى الأقرب الى متناوله. وهي تحتاج إلى من يؤكد أنه يريدها هي، ولا يريد مجرد امراة جميلة، كائنة من كانت.”
― Theodor Reik, سيكولوجيا العلاقات الجنسية

“It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.”
― Franz Kafka, The Trial

“It would have been so pointless to kill himself that, even if he had wanted to, the pointlessness would have made him unable.”
― Franz Kafka, The Trial

“The pain is kind of challenge your mind presents - will you learn how to focus and move past boredom, or like a child will you succumb to the need for immediate pleasure and distraction?”
― Robert Greene, Mastery

“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.”
― Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

“what do you do
when you both
love each other

but want different things

what do you do
when you both
crave light

but you want the sun
and he wants the moon”
― Ellen Everett, I Saw You As A Flower: A Poetry Collection