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“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

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

“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.”
― Frank Zappa

“Chaos is merely order waiting to be deciphered.”
― José Saramago, The Double

“The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.”
― Jules Renard, The Journal of Jules Renard

“There are no friends; only moments of friendship.”
― Jules Renard, The Journal of Jules Renard

“Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.”
― Jules Renard

“ان القراءة بالنسبة لي نوع رخيص من المخدرات ، لا افعل بها شيئا سوى الغياب عن الوعي
فيما مضى تصور هذا ، كانوا يقرءون من اجل اكتساب الوعي !!”
― احمد خالد توفيق

“قال لي سالم بيه: "أنت تقرأ كثيرا..أنت مجنون!" .. قلت له إن القراءة بالنسبة لي نوع رخيص من المخدرات. لا أفعل بها شيئاً سوى الغياب عن الوعي. في الماضي -تصور هذا- كانوا يقرءون من أجل إكتساب الوعي ! ..”
― أحمد خالد توفيق, يوتوبيا

“The art of not reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging the attention of the general public at any particular time. When some political or ecclesiastical pamphlet, or novel, or poem is making a great commotion, you should remember that he who writes for fools always finds a large public. A precondition for reading good books is not reading bad ones: for life is short.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer, Essays and Aphorisms

“سَهِرَتْ أَعينٌ، وَنَامَتْ عُيونُ
في أمورٍ تكونُ أو لاتكونُ
فَادْرَأ الهمَّ مَا استَطعْتَ عَنْ النَّفْــس
فحملا نكَ الهمومَ جنونُ
إن رَّباَّ كفاكَ بالأمسِ ما كانَ
سَيَكْفِيكَ في غَدٍ مَا يَكُونُ”
― محمد بن إدريس الشافعي, ديوان الإمام الشافعي

“I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think”
― Socrates

“Tarih yazıcılığı özgürleştirmiyorsa zulme hizmet ediyordur”
― Cemal Kafadar, Kendine Ait Bir Roma: Diyar-ı Rum’da Kültürel Coğrafya ve Kimlik Üzerine

“A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation.”
― Gustavo Petro

“In fact, the subversive intellectual enjoys the ride and wants it to be faster and wilder; she does not want a room of his or her own, she wants to be in the world, in the world with others and making the world anew.”
― Fred Moten, the undercommons: fugitive planning & black study