Enas > Enas's Quotes

“You are aware of only one unrest;
Oh, never learn to know the other!
Two souls, alas, are dwelling in my breast,
And one is striving to forsake its brother.
Unto the world in grossly loving zest,
With clinging tendrils, one adheres;
The other rises forcibly in quest
Of rarefied ancestral spheres.
If there be spirits in the air
That hold their sway between the earth and sky,
Descend out of the golden vapors there
And sweep me into iridescent life.
Oh, came a magic cloak into my hands
To carry me to distant lands,
I should not trade it for the choicest gown,
Nor for the cloak and garments of the crown.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, First Part

“البعض ترفعه الخطيئة، والبعض تسقطه الفضيلة”
― وليم شكسبير

“أرَاكَ عَصِيَّ الدّمعِ شِيمَتُكَ الصّبرُ، أما للهوى نهيٌّ عليكَ ولا أمرُ ؟
بلى أنا مشتاقٌ وعنديَ لوعة ٌ ، ولكنَّ مثلي لا يذاعُ لهُ سرُّ !
إذا الليلُ أضواني بسطتُ يدَ الهوى وأذللتُ دمعاً منْ خلائقهُ الكبرُ
تَكادُ تُضِيءُ النّارُ بينَ جَوَانِحِي إذا هيَ أذْكَتْهَا الصّبَابَة ُ والفِكْرُ
معللتي بالوصلِ ، والموتُ دونهُ ، إذا مِتّ ظَمْآناً فَلا نَزَل القَطْرُ!
حفظتُ وضيعتِ المودة َ بيننا و أحسنَ ، منْ بعضِ الوفاءِ لكِ ، العذرُ
و ما هذهِ الأيامُ إلا صحائفٌ لأحرفها ، من كفِّ كاتبها بشرُ
بنَفسي مِنَ الغَادِينَ في الحَيّ غَادَة ً هوايَ لها ذنبٌ ، وبهجتها عذرُ
تَرُوغُ إلى الوَاشِينَ فيّ، وإنّ لي لأذْناً بهَا، عَنْ كُلّ وَاشِيَة ٍ، وَقرُ
بدوتُ ، وأهلي حاضرونَ ، لأنني أرى أنَّ داراً ، لستِ من أهلها ، قفرُ
وَحَارَبْتُ قَوْمي في هَوَاكِ، وإنّهُمْ وإيايَ ، لولا حبكِ ، الماءُ والخمرُ
فإنْ كانَ ما قالَ الوشاة ُ ولمْ يكنْ فَقَد يَهدِمُ الإيمانُ مَا شَيّدَ الكُفرُ
وفيتُ ، وفي بعضِ الوفاءِ مذلة ٌ لآنسة ٍ في الحي شيمتها الغدرُ
وَقُورٌ، وَرَيْعَانُ الصِّبَا يَسْتَفِزّها، فتأرنُ ، أحياناً ، كما يأرنُ المهرُ
تسائلني: " منْ أنتَ ؟ " ، وهي عليمة ٌ ، وَهَلْ بِفَتى ً مِثْلي عَلى حَالِهِ نُكرُ؟
فقلتُ ، كما شاءتْ ، وشاءَ لها الهوى : قَتِيلُكِ! قالَتْ: أيّهُمْ؟ فهُمُ كُثرُ
فقلتُ لها: " لو شئتِ لمْ تتعنتي ، وَلمْ تَسألي عَني وَعِنْدَكِ بي خُبرُ!
فقالتْ: " لقد أزرى بكَ الدهرُ بعدنا! فقلتُ: "معاذَ اللهِ! بلْ أنت لاِ الدهرُ،
وَما كانَ للأحزَانِ، لَوْلاكِ، مَسلَكٌ إلى القلبِ؛ لكنَّ الهوى للبلى جسرُ
وَتَهْلِكُ بَينَ الهَزْلِ والجِدّ مُهجَة ٌ إذا مَا عَداها البَينُ عَذّبَها الهَجْرُ
فأيقنتُ أنْ لا عزَّ ، بعدي ، لعاشقٍ ؛ وَأنُّ يَدِي مِمّا عَلِقْتُ بِهِ صِفْرُ
وقلبتُ أمري لا أرى لي راحة ً ، إذا البَينُ أنْسَاني ألَحّ بيَ الهَجْرُ
فَعُدْتُ إلى حكمِ الزّمانِ وَحكمِها، لَهَا الذّنْبُ لا تُجْزَى به وَليَ العُذْرُ
كَأني أُنَادي دُونَ مَيْثَاءَ ظَبْيَة ً على شرفٍ ظمياءَ جللها الذعرُ
تجفَّلُ حيناً ، ثم تدنو كأنما تنادي طلا ـ، بالوادِ ، أعجزهُ الحضرُ
فلا تنكريني ، يابنة َ العمِّ ، إنهُ ليَعرِفُ مَن أنكَرْتِهِ البَدْوُ وَالحَضْرُ
ولا تنكريني ، إنني غيرُ منكرٍ إذا زلتِ الأقدامِ ؛ واستنزلَ النضرُ
وإني لجرارٌ لكلِّ كتيبة ٍ معودة ٍ أنْ لا يخلَّ بها النصرُ
و إني لنزالٌ بكلِّ مخوفة ٍ كثيرٌ إلى نزالها النظرُ الشزرُ
فَأَظمأُ حتى تَرْتَوي البِيضُ وَالقَنَا وَأسْغَبُ حتى يَشبَعَ الذّئبُ وَ”
― أبو فراس الحمداني

“الحذر من الأسوأ عادة يعالج السئ”
― وليم شكسبير

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

“Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well

“I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's
why.”
― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

“We know what we got, and we don't care whether you know it or not.”
― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

“Ain’t many guys travel around together,” he mused. “I don’t know why. Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.”
― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

“Guys like us got nothing to look ahead to.”
― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

“Happiness [is] only real when shared”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“It's not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines upon you.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong, but to feel strong... to measure yourself at least once.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don't want one.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“It is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to assume that if you want something badly enough, it is your God-given right to have it.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“What if I were smiling and running into your arms? Would you see then what I see now?”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“That's what was great about him. He tried. Not many do.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“The trip was to be an odyssey in the fullest sense of the word, an epic journey that would change everything.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“I don’t want to know what time it is. I don’t want to know what day it is or where I am. None of that matters.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love. I felt in myself a superabundance of energy which found no outlet in our quiet life.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“Now what is history? It is the centuries of systematic explorations of the riddle of death, with a view to overcoming death. That’s why people discover mathematical infinity and electromagnetic waves, that’s why they write symphonies..”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“I had some terrific experiences in the wilderness since I wrote you last - overpowering, overwhelming," he gushed to his friend Cornel Tengel. "But since then I am always being overwhelmed. I require it to sustain life.

Everett Ruess”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“It's fear, Jack. The man deals with a huge amount of fear.'
Because he got hurt?'
No, not entirely. Fear comes with imagination, it's a penalty, it's the price of imagination.”
― Thomas Harris, Red Dragon

“It's hard to have anything isn't it? Rare to get it, hard to keep it. This is a damn slippery planet.”
― Thomas Harris, Red Dragon

“In making friends, she was wary of people who foster dependency and feed on it. She had been involved with a few--the blind attract them, and they are the enemy.”
― Thomas Harris, Red Dragon

“Do you know how you caught me, Will?'

'Good-bye, Dr. Lecter. You can leave messages for me at the number on the file.' Graham walked away.

'Do you know how you caught me?'

Graham was out of Lecter's sight now, and he walked faster toward the far steel door.

'The reason you caught me is that we're just alike' was the last thing Graham heard as the steel door closed behind him.”
― Thomas Harris, Red Dragon

“He was alone because he was Unique.”
― Thomas Harris, Red Dragon