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“السجون واسعة. اوسع من الوطن”
― نبال قندس, يافا: حكاية غياب ومطر

“He was still too young to know that the heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good, and that thanks to this artifice we manage to endure the burden of the past. But when he stood at the railing of the ship... only then did he understand to what extent he had been an easy vicitim to the charitible deceptions of nostalgia. ”
― Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“No, not rich," he said. I am a poor man with money, not the same thing.”
― Gabriel Gracia Marquez

“When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

“Ester asked why people are sad.
"That’s simple," says the old man. "They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people's ideas, and it is more than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

“No one should ever ask themselves that: why am I unhappy? The question carries within it the virus that will destroy everything. If we ask that question, it means we want to find out what makes us happy. If what makes us happy is different from what we have now, then we must either change once and for all or stay as we are, feeling even more unhappy.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

“Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

“When someone leaves, its because someone else is about to arrive- I'll find love again.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

“what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over”
― Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

“Some people appear to be happy, but they simply don't give the matter much thought. Others make plans: I'm going to have a husband, a home, two children, a house in the country. As long as they're busy doing that, they're like bulls looking for the bullfighter: they react instinctively, they blunder on, with no idea where the target is. They get their car, sometimes they even get a Ferrari, and they think that's the meaning of life, and they never question it. Yet their eyes betray the sadness that even they don't know they carry in their soul. Are you happy?”
― Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

“When I had nothing more to lose, I was given everything. When I ceased to be who I am, I found myself. When I experienced humiliation and yet kept on walking, I understood that I was free to choose my destiny. Perhaps there's something wrong with me, I don't know, perhaps my marriage was a dream I couldn't understand while it lasted. All I know is that even though I can live without her, I would still like to see her again, to say what I never said when we were together: I love you more than I love myself. If I could say that, then I could go on living, at peace with myself, because that love has redeemed me.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

“The energy of hatred won't get you anywhere; but the energy of forgiveness, which reveals itself through love, will transform your life in a positive way.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

“He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee. I could have looked at him forever.”
― E. Lockhart, We Were Liars

“Better than chocolate, being with you last night. Silly me, I thought that nothing was better than chocolate.”
― E. Lockhart, We Were Liars

“Be a little kinder than you have to.
Never eat anything bigger than your ass
Do not accept an evil you can change
Always do what your afraid to do”
― E. Lockhart, We Were Liars

“If I am really a part of your dream, you'll come back one day.”
― Paulo Coelho

“No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it”
― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.”
― Benjamin Franklin Wade

“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”
― Albert Camus

“It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have faith.”
― Paulo Coelho

“They love their hair because they're not smart enough to love something more interesting.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“You'll stay with me?'
Until the very end,' said James.”
― J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“فرغم خروج دعاتنا وفقهائنا على الفضائيات في كل مناسبة والتغني بتكريم الإسلام للمرأة، إلا أنه لا يخفى على أحد كيف كرس الفقه الموروث وضعاً مهيناً لها، ربما عن غير قصد تماماً، لكنه وضع يناسب مجتمعات ذكورية تسودها الروح القبلية والعشائرية، فالمرأة وفق هذا الفقه متاع مع الأشياء والحيوانات، وناقصة عقلٍ ودين، تحتاج لولي يزوجها ومحرم يسافر معها، باعتبارها ضلع قاصر لا تستطيع تولي أمور حياتها، ضمن نظرة دونية بعيدة كل البعد عما جاء في التنزيل الحكيم، نظرة تقدم الحجج الجاهزة لكل من يتهم الإسلام بالتخلف والرجعية، وتعطي مسوغاً لظلم النساء حتى من أنفسهن، راضين في كثير من الأحيان بالتنازل عن حقوقهن لرجل ظالم، له أفضلية عليهن، على اعتبار أن الله أعطاه القوامة، فله أن يتدخل في شؤون أخته، أو يضرب امرأته، أو يتزوج ثلاثة أخر، أو يطلقها متى أراد، وعليها طاعته والرضوخ لرغباته كي لا تلعنها الملائكة، وعليها التستر كي لا تفتن السيد المبجل، وكل ذلك في أغلب الحالات لن يجعلها تطال الجنة، حيث أكثر من في جهنم من النساء.”
― محمد شحرور