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“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

“Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn't calculate his happiness.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead

“People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“I love mankind, he said, "but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love man in particular.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

“But how could you live and have no story to tell?”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights

“أحيانا لا نكتب ليقرأ أحدهم
إنما لنقرأ نحن ما كتبناه بعد حين
لنعرف ما كنا عليه
وما وصلنا إليه !”
― هاجد محمد, نصف وجه بلا ملامح

“إنك في أسوأ حالاتك لن يكرهك الجميع
كما أنك في أفضل حالاتك لن يحبك الجميع
ينبغي أن تؤمن بهذا المبدأ ..
وأنه كافٍ للغاية لتعيش بسعادة ورضا !”
― هاجد محمد, نصف وجه بلا ملامح

“أحتاج من الأماني أمنية
أحقق بها باقي الأماني !”
― هاجد محمد, نصف وجه بلا ملامح

“الكلمة الطيّبة لها "مَدى"
يمتدّ إلى شِغاف القلوب ليتملّكها ..
ولها "صَدى"
يتردّد في كلّ مرةٍ نلتقي بقائليها !”
― هاجد محمد, نصف وجه بلا ملامح

“,المقارنة تفقد الأشياء قيمتها
.أما القناعة تعطيها قيمة أكبر”
― هاجد محمد, نصف وجه بلا ملامح

“التفريق بين الجاهل والعاقل يحتاج نقاش
والتفريق بين المحب والشامت يحتاج نقاش.”
― هاجد محمد, نصف وجه بلا ملامح

“كن ناجحاً مكروهاً خيراً من أن تكون فاشلاً محبوباً”
― هاجد محمد, نصف وجه بلا ملامح

“Before I begin, may I ask how old you are?"
"You may ask."
"How old are you?"
"It's none of your business”
― Christopher Pike, The Last Vampire

“CUSTOMER: OK, so you want this book?
THEIR DAUGHTER: Yes!
CUSTOMER: Peter Pan?
THEIR DAUGHTER: Yes, please. Because he can fly.
CUSTOMER: Yes, he can - he's very good at flying.
THEIR DAUGHTER: Why can't I fly, daddy?
CUSTOMER: Because of evolution, sweetheart.”
― Jen Campbell, Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops

“CUSTOMER: Hi, I just wanted to ask: did Anne Frank ever write a sequel?
BOOKSELLER: ........
CUSTOMER: I really enjoyed her first book.
BOOKSELLER: Her diary?
CUSTOMER: Yes, the diary.
BOOKSELLER: Her diary wasn’t fictional.
CUSTOMER: Really?
BOOKSELLER: Yes... She really dies at the end – that’s why the diary finishes. She was taken to a concentration camp.
CUSTOMER: Oh... that’s terrible.
BOOKSELLER: Yes, it was awful -
CUSTOMER: I mean, it’s such a shame, you know? She was such a good writer.”
― Jen Campbell, Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops

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

“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.”
― Frank Zappa