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“أنت هدوءُ قلبي وصخبهُ في آنٍ معاً”
― فرانز كافكا

“كيف أصبحت الشخص الذي أنا هو؟ هل أنا نفسي فعلا، أم صنع مني الآخرون بالأحرى الشخص الذي أنا هو؟”
― فرانز كافكا, الآثار الكاملة مع تفسيراتها: الجزء الأول - (الأسرة) يضم: الحكم ، الوقاد ، الانمساخ ، رسالة إلى الوالد

“الكتابة مكافأة عذبة رائعة، لكن مكافأة على ماذا؟ في الليل كان واضحاً لي أنها مكافأة على خدمة الشيطان. ربما توجد كتابة أخرى أيضاً، لكنني لا أعرف سوى هذه.”
― فرانز كافكا, الآثار الكاملة مع تفسيراتها: الجزء الأول - (الأسرة) يضم: الحكم ، الوقاد ، الانمساخ ، رسالة إلى الوالد

“الليلة الماضية لم أستطعْ أن أنامَ لوقت طويل، فاستلقيتُ هناك لمدة ساعتين وأنا أقربُ للصّحو أكثر من النوم، وبشكلٍ غير منقطع كنتُ في أكثر الأحاديث حميميةً معكِ. لا شيءَ محدّد كان يدورُ بيننا، لقد كان مجرّد شكل من أشكال الحديث الحميمي، شعور بالقربِ والتّفاني.”
― فرانز كافكا

“لا أشعر بحقيقة نفسي إلا عندما أصاب بحزن لا يطاق”
― فرانز كافكا

“ليس لدي اهتمام أدبي، وإنما أتألف من أدب. لست شيئا آخر، ولا أستطيع أن أكون شيئا آخر.”
― فرانز كافكا, الآثار الكاملة مع تفسيراتها: الجزء الأول - (الأسرة) يضم: الحكم ، الوقاد ، الانمساخ ، رسالة إلى الوالد

“Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?'

'To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.'

'The dog did nothing in the night-time.'

'That was the curious incident,' remarked Sherlock Holmes.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, Silver Blaze

“Dr. Watson's summary list of Sherlock Holmes's strengths and weaknesses:

"1. Knowledge of Literature: Nil.
2. Knowledge of Philosophy: Nil.
3. Knowledge of Astronomy: Nil.
4. Knowledge of Politics: Feeble.
5. Knowledge of Botany: Variable. Well up in belladonna, opium, and poisons generally. Knows nothing of practical gardening.
6. Knowledge of Geology: Practical but limited. Tells at a glance different soils from each other. After walks has shown me splashes upon his trousers, and told me by their colour and consistence in what part of London he had received them.
7. Knowledge of Chemistry: Profound.
8. Knowledge of Anatomy: Accurate but unsystematic.
9. Knowledge of Sensational Literature: Immense. He appears to know every detail of every horror perpetrated in the century.
10. Plays the violin well.
11. Is an expert singlestick player, boxer, and swordsman.
12. Has a good practical knowledge of British law.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

“Do you remember what Darwin says about music? He claims that the power of producing and appreciating it existed among the human race long before the power of speech was arrived at. Perhaps that is why we are so subtly influenced by it. There are vague memories in our souls of those misty centuries when the world was in its childhood.'
That's a rather broad idea,' I remarked.
One's ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature,' he answered.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

“I imagine John Watson thinks love’s a mystery to me, but the chemistry is incredibly simple and very destructive. When we first met, you told me that a disguise is always a self portrait, how true of you, the combination to your safe – your measurements. But this is far more intimate. This is your heart, and you should never let it rule your head. You could have chosen any random number and walked out of here today with everything you worked for. But you just couldn’t resist it, could you? I’ve always assumed that love is a dangerous disadvantage. Thank you for the final proof.”
― Mark Gatiss

“No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

“They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains," he remarked with a smile. "It's a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

“And I'm suppose to sit by while you date boys and fall in love with someone else, get married...?" His voice tightened. "And meanwhile, I'll die a little bit more every day, watching.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Glass

“I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks. I have a tendency not only to see the best in everyone, but to assume that everyone is emotionally capable of reaching his highest potential. I have fallen in love more times than I care to count with the highest potential of a man, rather than with the man himself, and I have hung on to the relationship for a long time (sometimes far too long) waiting for the man to ascend to his own greatness. Many times in romance I have been a victim of my own optimism.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it”
― Moses Maimonides

“The disease of the soul is both more common and more deadly than the disease of the body. Just as medicine is the art devoted to healing the body, so philosophy is the art devoted to healing the soul, curing it of improper emotions, false beliefs, and faulty judgments, which are the causes of so much hardship and handicap. To heal the body one turns to the practitioner of the art of healing the body, but to heal the soul there is no doctor to turn to, and each of us is left to become that doctor unto himself. Yet, this need not stop us from exhorting others to imitate us in the godly art, in the forlorn hope that they might transform themselves into better citizens for Athens and better companions for us.”
― Neel Burton, Plato: Letters to my Son

“This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“Problem is, you can’t accept that his relationship had a real short shelf life. You’re like a dog at the dump, baby – you’re just lickin’ at the empty tin can, trying to get more nutrition out of it. And if you’re not careful, that can’s gonna get stuck on your snout forever and make your life miserable. So drop it.”

“But I love him.”

“So love him.”

“But I miss him.”

“So miss him. Send him some love and light every time you think about him, then drop it.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“If you like her, if she makes you happy, and if you feel like you know her---then don't let her go.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle

“I think I deserve something beautiful.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“In desperate love, we always invent the characters of our partners, demanding they be what we need of them, and then feeling devastated when they refuse to perform the role we created in the first place.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“This was my moment to look for the kind of healing and peace that can only come from solitude.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“The resting place of the mind is the heart. The only thing the mind hears all day is clanging bells and noise and argument, and all it wants is quietude. The only place the mind will ever find peace is inside the silence of the heart. That's where you need to go.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“My heart was broken so badly last time that it still hurts. Isn't that crazy? To still have a broken heart almost two years after a love story ends? ”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“Sometimes out hearts are broken so new light can get in.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“Attraversiamo (meaning "Lets cross over" in Italian)”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“Addiction is the hallmark of every infatuation-based love story. It all begins when the object of your adoration bestows upon you a heady, hallucinogenic dose of something you never even dared to admit that you wanted—an emotional speedball, perhaps, of thunderous love and roiling excitement. Soon you start craving that intense attention, with the hungry obsession of any junkie. When the drug is withheld, you promptly turn sick, crazy and depleted (not to mention resentful of the dealer who encouraged this addiction in the first place but who now refuses to pony up the good stuff anymore—despite...”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“In Venice in the Middle Ages there was once a profession for a man called a codega--a fellow you hired to walk in front of you at night with a lit lantern, showing you the way, scaring off thieves and demons, bringing you confidence and protection through the dark streets. ”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“Oh my God, baby, you are in so much trouble.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“في الحب اليائس ، نخترع شخصيات لشركائنا في الحياة ونطلب منهم أن يكونوا كما نريدهم أن يكونوا ، ثم ننهار حين يرفضون لعب الدور الذي اخترعناه في الأساس”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love