Cynthia Aslan > Cynthia's Quotes

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

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

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
― Allen Saunders

“دختر هیجان زده پرسید "کتاب خوندن دوست دارین؟"
اُوِه با حالتی مردد سرش را به علامت منفی تکان داد،ولی ظاهراً دختر ناراحت نشد.
در عوض گفت " من عاشق کتابم!"
و سپس شروع کرد به تعریف کردن داستان تمام کتاب هایی که روی دامنش بود و اُوِه به این نتیجه رسید که دوست دارد تا آخر عمرش به حرف های او درباره چیزهای مورد علاقه اش گوش دهد”
― فردریک بکمن

“گورستاني بزرگ در من است
پر از جنازه‌هايي كه
دوستشان نداري”
― Tayebe Teimouir/ طيبه تيموري

“تا روزِ مرگ‌
فرش‌ بافت‌ و گُل‌ کاشت‌

اما هرگز
نه‌ فرشی‌ زیرِ پا داشت‌
نه‌ کسی‌
گُلی‌ بر مزارش‌ گذاشت”
― Sherko Bekas

“بی‌شک جنگ بسیار ابلهانه است، اما این نکته مانع ادامه یافتن آن نمی‌شود.”
― Albert Camus, The Plague

“شورش علیه بی‌عدالتی نمی‌تواند نسبی باشد، بی‌عدالتی فقط نبردی بی‌پایان و بی‌امان می‌طلبد”
― Emil Cioran, Pe culmile disperării

“We are travelers on a cosmic journey,stardust,swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share.This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“To the people who look at the stars and wish, Rhys."
Rhys clinked his glass against mine. “To the stars who listen— and the dreams that are answered.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“But if you knew you might not be able to see it again tomorrow, everything would suddenly become special and precious, wouldn’t it?”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“I see trees, the sky, and some clouds. Some birds on tree branches.” “Nothing out of the ordinary. Right?” “That’s right.” “But if you knew you might not be able to see it again tomorrow, everything would suddenly become special and precious, wouldn’t it?”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“Dear Milena,
I wish the world were ending tomorrow. Then I could take the next train, arrive at your doorstep in Vienna, and say: “Come with me, Milena. We are going to love each other without scruples or fear or restraint. Because the world is ending tomorrow.” Perhaps we don’t love unreasonably because we think we have time, or have to reckon with time. But what if we don't have time? Or what if time, as we know it, is irrelevant? Ah, if only the world were ending tomorrow. We could help each other very much.”
― Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena