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“- لست أهوى القراءة لأكتب ، ولا أهوى القراءة لأزداد عمراً في تقدير الحساب .. و إنما أهوى القراءة لأن عندي حياة واحدة ، وحياة واحدة لا تكفيني ، والقراءة - دون غيرها - هي التي تعطيني أكثر من حياة ، لأنها تزيد هذه الحياة من ناحية العمق”
― عباس محمود العقاد

“I feel like I could eat the world raw.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“He smiled, and his face was like the sun.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“There are no bargains between lion and men. I will kill you and eat you raw.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“Name one hero who was happy.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“I found myself grinning until my cheeks hurt, my scalp prickling till I thought it might lift off my head. My tongue ran away from me, giddy with freedom. This, and this, and this, I said to him. I did not have to fear that I spoke too much. I did not have to worry that I was too slender, or too slow. This and this and this! I taught him how to skip stones, and he taught me how to carve wood. I could feel every nerve in my body, every brush of air against my skin.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“I am made of memories.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“He is more worth to you, perhaps. But the stranger is someone else's friend and brother. So which life is more important?”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“This, I say. This and this. The way his hair looked in summer sun. His face when he ran. His eyes, solemn as an owl at lessons. This and this and this. So many moments of happiness, crowding forward.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“So, if you are too tired to speak, sit next to me for I, too, am fluent in silence.”
― R. Arnold

“إن التعود يلتهم الأشياء، يتكرر ما نراه فنستجيب له بشكل تلقائي، كأننا لا نراه؛ لا تستوقفنا التفاصيل المعتادة كما أستوقفتنا في المرة الأولى، نمضي وتمضي، فتمضي بنا الحياة كأنها لا شئ.”
― رضوى عاشور, أطياف

“آمنٌ مِن كل خيباتِ الأمل
خيرُ الجمال هو الجمالُ المحتمل
والنقصُ أشبه بالكمالِ من الكمال
و رُب قولٍ عندما نقصَ ... اكتمل”
― تميم البرغوثي